The armed conflict over economic and political power in Colombia has led to the massive displacement of people living in the areas of violence. The design of appropriate policies of prevention, assistance, and resettlement requires improved information on the determinants and effects of...

The authors develop an evaluation method that combines qualitative evidence with quantitative survey data analyzed with propensity score methods on matched samples to study the impact of a participatory community-driven social fund on preference targeting, collective action, and community...

Civil wars and ethnic conflicts have resulted in an estimated number of approximately 35 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. Understanding the determinants of forced migration is an important prerequisite for the definition of appropriate policies of prevention,...

Qualitative data from a case study of the Jamaica social investment fund reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decision-making tends to be dominated by a small group of motivated individuals. However, there is broad-based satisfaction with the outcome. Quantitative data from...

This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and the ensuing redistribution of time within...

This paper presents a description of the new strategy for the fight against drugs implemented in Colombia since the year 2007. The Strategic Leap Forward, as the Colombian government has called the program, or the Strategic Development Initiative, as the United States Agency for International...

El objetivo de este artículo es investigar la relación entre el conflicto armado y la producción agropecuaria de los pequeños productores colombianos. El efecto de la violencia se desagrega entre los impactos directos (choques violentos) e indirectos (presencia de grupos armados). Las...

El objetivo de este estudio es discutir alternativas de políticas públicas para aumentar el acceso a la tierra y el ingreso de la población rural. Para alcanzar este objetivo, el estudio aborda tres temas. Primero, el estudio describe la estructura de la propiedad rural en Colombia y discute...

This paper uses a natural policy experiment to estimate how changes in the costs of engaging in criminal activity may influence adolescents' decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on...

La ley 1111 de 2006 modifico? la estructura del impuesto al consumo de cigarrillos y tabaco elaborado en Colombia. En particular, la nueva ley cambio? el tipo de impuesto a pagar, la base gravable y las tarifas de ese impuesto. Esta modificacio?n genero? una gran controversia en la industria,...