The Battle Against Poverty
Colombia: A Case of Leadership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23517347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Manuel Santos (Former President of Colombia, 2016 Nobel Peace Prize) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Battle Against Poverty : Colombia (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780192885234.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4387119957 |
| Open Library | OL48184286M |
| ISBN | 9780192885234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, Colombia showed surprising results in the fight against poverty. Monetary poverty dropped from 40.3% in 2009 to 27% in 2018, extreme monetary poverty was cut in half in the same period, and multidimensional poverty fell from 30.4% in 2010 to 19.6% in 2018. More than five million Colombians overcame poverty. Inequality also decreased significantly. In the middle of an internal armed conflict and peace negotiations, Colombia became a poverty reduction success story. All of this happened under the leadership of President Juan Manuel Santos (2010–2018). How was this accomplished? In this book, based on his experience and with data and statistics, former President Santos explains how this battle against poverty was waged and describes the tools, programs, and policies that produced these results. In particular, he emphasizes the importance of Colombia’s globally pioneering adoption of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), calculated according to the Alkire–Foster method and developed at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). The MPI, inspired by the work of Professor Amartya Sen, has been used in Colombia not only as a poverty measure but also as an instrument to guide social policy. The Colombian approach to poverty offers lessons to other nations, academics, and decision-makers. The Colombian experience demonstrates that, with political leadership and reliable poverty measurement, it is possible to make progress toward social equality.
Basic needs · Battle · Culture of poverty · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2026 (49) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |