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Institutional reforms in Colombia
(2000-11)
"This document is organized around "political" and "economic" institutions. We begin with the former, with a discussion of the role of the judicial system and of the separation of power followed by the electoral law and structure of parliament, and a discussion of crime prevention and criminal justice system. We then move to economic institutions, we focus on those that have to do with the bureaucracy and provision of ...
Public spending on social protection in Colombia: analysis and proposals
(2000-08)
"This paper studies the main social programs of the Colombian public sector. Traditionally, health and education expenditure have played the lion s share both in the theoretical discussions and in the allocation of social spending in Colombia. I argue that other programs, with more indirect impact on the creation of human capital, should have full citizenship in a country at the level of development of Colombia. Even ...
Sistema electoral y de partido en Colombia: propuestas de reforma
(2000-08)
"El sistema político colombiano, a pesar de la reforma constitucional de 1991, está fallando en su intento de proveer un nivel adecuado de bienestar público en la dimensión crucial de la ley y el orden. La violencia rural y urbana, la guerra civil y la expansión de la producción de cocaína se han incrementado al punto que la seguridad y la violencia se han convertido en una preocupación prioritaria para los ciudadanos ...
The Central Bank in Colombia
(2000-08)
"In the last decade the issue of the optimal degree of central bank independence has been at the center of attention of academics and policymakers in many countries. The direction of institutional reform has almost universally been toward making central banks more independent from political pressure. The motivation of this move is linked to an increased emphasis on price stability as the main or only goal of monetary ...
The Colombian budget process
(2000-08)
The rules that govern the budget process are important determinants of fiscal outcomes, with potentially important macroeconomic implications. This paper starts with a review of the theoretical underpinnings of the effects of budget processes and the main empirical evidence. After a brief institutional description of the Colombian budget process, an assessment and proposals for reform are made. The main issues analyzed ...
Education reform in Colombia
(2000-08)
"Public education is one of the largest components of the public sector in Colombia, in term of its size, share of public expenditures, and geographic coverage. In 1997, Colombia had 85 thousand educational establishments, 390 thousand teachers, and 8.6 million students. In addition, public school teachers and educational staff comprise the highest percentage of public sector employment. During the last half of the ...
La descentralización en Colombia
(2000-06)
"In the 1990 s descentralization in Colombia, a process which had begun a decade earlier, was sharply accelerated. The percentage of current Central Government revenues that are automatically transferred to the regional ...
Understanding crime in Colombia and what can be done about it
(2000-06)
"We attempt to spell out the causes and costs of Colombia´s crime situation. Homicide rates are the highest in the world, three times higher than those of Brazil - Mexico and ten times higher than those of other Latin American countries. Paradoxically, Colombia is not exceptional with relation to property crime. In recent years, homicide rates have dropped in some of the most violent regions. Our conclusion is that ...
División de poderes: una estimación de la separación institucional de los poderes políticos en Colombia
(2000-06)
"En este estudio, nosotros evaluamos la estructura legal e institucional del gobierno colombiano. En particular, queremos determinar cómo puede estructurarse un sistema de división de poderes institucional para promover el imperio de la ley, preservar los derechos de propiedad, y estimular el crecimiento económico. La Constitución de 1991 realmente hace compromisos loables sobre estos objetivos. No obstante, debido a ...
Checks and balances: an assessment of the institutional separation of political powers in Colombia
(2000-06)
En este estudio, nosotros evaluamos la estructura legal e institucional del gobierno colombiano. En particular, queremos determinar cómo puede estructurarse un sistema de división de poderes institucional para promover el imperio de la ley, preservar los derechos de propiedad, y estimular el crecimiento económico. La Constitución de 1991 realmente hace compromisos loables sobre estos objetivos. No obstante, debido a ...