The Battle Against Poverty: Colombia: A Case of Leadership

by Mr Juan Manuel Santos

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 significantly. In the middle of an internal armed conflict and peace negotiations, Colombia became a poverty reduction success story. All of this happened under the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192885235
• ISBN13: 9780192885234
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"