This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción, on … participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries registered to vote and … political and legislative mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty …

' participation, LGU-CSO engagement, and integration of GPB process in the local planning process; and to identify bottlenecks in the …

This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción (FA … variation in program enrollment across voting booths. We find that FA has a positive effect on political participation in the … mechanisms, as the laws recently passed by the Colombian government, that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being …