Abstract

TASSARA, Carlo. Public policies on Social Protection and Fight Against Poverty in Colombia: Achievements and Challenges. Pap.polit. [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.2, pp.323-351. ISSN 0122-4409.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.papo20-2.ppps.

The main purposes of this paper are, on the one hand, to explore the state of implementation of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programmes and their contribution to the construction of integrated social protection systems in Latin America, and on the other, to discuss the most important achievements and challenges in fighting against poverty in Colombia. With this target, the article begins with a brief review of the overall situation of the CCT Programmes in Latin America. This is followed by a comparative analysis of actions undertaken in some countries in the region in order to face the main threats related to the public policies to eradicate poverty. It enables to draw an analysis about the management of such challenges in Colombia. Finally, the last part of the paper suggests some hypotheses and proposals in order to address the problems identified above.

Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programmes; Colombia; fight against poverty; Latin America; public policies; social protection.

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