Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR37245 Document Date: JUN 26, 2019

Author: Felicio,Mariana T. Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00152 Document Date: JUN 19, 2019

Author: Braun,Franka Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR37477 Document Date: JUN 18, 2019

Author: Sobrevila,Claudia Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Colombia’s solid economic growth since early 2000s has led to significant social improvements. Since the turn of the century, extreme poverty in Colombia almost halved, falling from 17.7 percent in 2002 to 7.4 percent in 2017. ... See More + Similarly, moderate poverty fell from 49.7 percent to 26.9 percent over the same period (Figures 1 and 2). In absolute terms, the number of poor individuals in Colombia declined from about 20 million in 2002 to approximately 12.8 million in 2017. The downward trend in poverty was halted in 2016, however it went back to its downward trend on 2017. From 2016 to 2017 both moderate poverty and extreme poverty decrease in 1.1 percentage points (p.p.), moderate poverty went from 28 to 26.9 percent, while, extreme poverty was 8.5 percent in 2016 and 7.4 in 2017. Such decrease was primarily driven by a lower incidence of poverty in rural areas, where extreme and moderate poverty rates fell respectively by 2.7 and 2.6 p.p. Similarly, the urban areas saw a reduction of moderate poverty (from 24.9 to 24.2 percent), while extreme poverty rate has remained virtually flat since 2014, at around 5 percent.  See Less -

Document Type: Report Report No.: 137861 Document Date: JUN 14, 2019

Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Achieving gender equality in Colombia is critical to the country’s future economic development and social cohesion; yet it remains an ongoing challenge. ... See More + The government of Colombia recognizes the importance of closing the country’s gender gaps and is working on multiple fronts to realize this objective. However, and although preliminary findings indicate that substantial progress has been made over the last two decades, several challenges remain. Using the framework provided by the 2012 World Development Report, this assessment allows identifying the main existing gender gaps across the areas of agency, endowments and economic opportunity, and the major driving factors with regards to households, institutions and markets (chapters one, two, three, and four). Based on this diagnostic, chapter five provides some policy recommendations that may help to close the existing gender gaps.  See Less -

Document Type: Report Report No.: 137862 Document Date: JUN 14, 2019

Author: Muller,Miriam; Olivieri,Sergio Daniel Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR37552 Document Date: JUN 13, 2019

Author: Braun,Franka Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP21603 Document Date: JUN 12, 2019

Author: Gomez Sabaini,Juan Carlos Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR36433 Document Date: JUN 11, 2019

Author: Stanley,Victoria Disclosure Status: Disclosed

The latest note tests two different approaches to improving management, and finds a novel group-based approach to be more cost-effective than the standard approach of providing consulting to individual firms. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Brief Report No.: 137571 Document Date: JUN 01, 2019

Author: Iacovone,Leonardo; Maloney,William F.; Mckenzie,David J. Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP21017 Document Date: MAY 23, 2019

Author: Natividad del Carmen Rincon Duarte Disclosure Status: Disclosed