This document was created to support the elaboration of the Bank's country strategy with Colombia (2012-2014). This policy note measures and explores the relative incidence and magnitude of development gaps Colombia in twelve areas of economic and social development. Using two hundred and fifty...

Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge. Opportunities beyond the business realm must be fully exploited to the benfit of society as a whole....

Regional integration initiatives have long been part of the world economic landscape. In Latin America, integration flourished in the early post-war era but then lost momentum until the 1990s, when there was a new wave of initiatives ranging from free trade areas to customs unions. This Report...