Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP31969 Document Date: APR 01, 2020

Author: LUZ AMANDA PULIDO Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Completion Report Review Report No.: ICRR0021883 Document Date: MAR 30, 2020

Author: IEG Review Team Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP31424 Document Date: MAR 19, 2020

Author: Sandra Liliana Angel Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Completion Report Review Report No.: ICRR0021834 Document Date: MAR 18, 2020

Author: IEG Review Team Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP31236 Document Date: MAR 16, 2020

Author: Leidy Sanchez Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Agreement Report No.: Document Date: MAR 09, 2020

Author: LEGKL Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Project Information Document Report No.: PIDC28060 Document Date: MAR 09, 2020

Author: Lee,Julian Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSC01154 Document Date: MAR 09, 2020

Author: Lee,Julian Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP30709 Document Date: MAR 04, 2020

Author: LUZ AMANDA PULIDO Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and made more than four million Colombians jump the threshold of multidimensional poverty. ... See More + However, it remains one of the most unequal countries in the region, after Brazil and Panama. Fiscal policy is one of the instruments that allow governments to speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis of the distributional impacts of taxes and expenditures in Colombia in 2017. It makes a methodological comparison with the Commitment to Equity, which was previously implemented, and includes multiple improvements in the methodology. The results suggest that the combined effect of taxes and social spending in Colombia contributes to poverty reduction between 0.3 and 2.6 percentage points for US$5.5 and US$3.2 per day per person respectively, while inequality is reduced by almost one Gini point. Taxes and direct transfers, as well as indirect transfers, are progressive and pro-poor, while indirect taxes are regressive and contribute to an increase in inequality. Finally, transfers in-kind for education and health services are progressive and contribute to the reduction of inequality.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9171 Document Date: MAR 03, 2020

Author: Jairo,Nunez; Olivieri,Sergio Daniel; Parra,Julieth; Pico,Julieth Disclosure Status: Disclosed