This paper aims to identify the effect of political exclusion on social capital in Colombia, suggesting social capital …

violence on social capital presented in the literature. I study this question in the context of Colombia by exploiting changes … the presence of drug cartels in Colombia during the Escobar and Cali era. …

Several decades of conflict, rebellion and unrest severely weakened civil society in parts of Colombia. Desarollo y Paz … rural and urban Colombia with mainly poor participants. The data covers municipalities both with ('treatment') and without … initiative. The data for 'control' municipalities was collected as part of the evaluation of Familias en Accion (FeA), Colombia …