Over two centuries, Colombia transferred vast quantities of land, equivalent to the entire UK landmass, mainly to … landless peasants. And yet Colombia retains one of the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Why? We show that … land reform's effects are highly bimodal. Most of Colombia's 1100+ municipalities lack a landed elite. Here, rural …

development; Sen’s capability approach; poverty; mortality; economic insecurity …

symptoms of human poverty. This implies obstacles in gaining full and free access to education, professional health care … development of countries. The aim of the analysis is to identify the magnitude of socio-economic deprivation (human poverty) and …

Between 2000 and 2013, Colombia experienced rapid economic growth. The country suffered a slowdown at the beginning of … indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …

trend in poverty headcount rate from 41.8% in 1996 to 30.9% in 2004 and 25.2% in 2011. This result is attributed to labour … conventional IG explanation highlights the contribution of remittances to household income and poverty reduction. However …