The battle against poverty : Colombia : a case of leadership /

"In the second decade of the 21st century, Colombia showed surprising results in the fight against poverty. Monetary poverty dropped, extreme monetary poverty was cut in half, and multidimensional poverty fell. More than five million Colombians overcame poverty. Inequality also decreased signif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Santos, Juan Manuel (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Spanish.
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Colombia > Economic conditions > 21st century. Poverty > Colombia > History > 21st century. Poverty > Government policy > Colombia > History > 21st century. Poor > Colombia > History > 21st century. Poverty > Government policy > Colombia. Poverty > Colombia. Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > Colombie. Pauvreté > Colombie. Colombie > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle. Pauvreté > Colombie > Histoire > 21e siècle. Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > Colombie > Histoire > 21e siècle. Pauvres > Colombie > Histoire > 21e siècle. History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Public Policy. Economic Policy. Leadership. Political Process. Poverty Poverty > Government policy Colombia Social services & welfare, criminology. Society. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : A commitment to poverty reduction
A new measurement of poverty
Colombia : A pioneer in MPI adoption
Institutional design to combat poverty
Top-level follow-up and monitoring
Policies and programs to reduce multidimensional poverty
Fieldwork : "Planting hope"
Poverty, conflict, and peace
The sustainable development goals and the multidimensional nature of poverty
Encouraging results : The decade that transformed Colombia.