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Andean Group - January 2018 (ISSN 1741-4466)
COLOMBIA: Poverty reduction in Colombia – miles behind
Back in September 2016, at the 71st United Nations General Assembly Session, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos triumphantly announced the agreement to end the conflict with the guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). Weeks later, a public referendum said ‘no’ to the outcome of the negotiations undertaken in Havana, Cuba; after months of considerable legislative and judiciary efforts, in October 2017 the peace deal was granted constitutional status. Urban areas hailed the end of the decades-long conflict. However, addressing the poverty and social exclusion at the heart of the conflict – which affects rural regions in particular – remains a major challenge for the Santos government and its successors.
- Introduction
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- Economic Highlights