The Battle Against Poverty
Colombia: A Case of Leadership
$100.11
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
13 December 2023
Summary
In the second decade of the 21st century, Colombia showed surprising results in the fight against poverty. Monetary poverty dropped, extreme monetary poverty was cut in half, and multidimensional poverty fell. 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 (…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192885234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192885235 |
| Author: | Mr Juan Manuel Santos |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 13 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 155mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Mr Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos served as president of Colombia for two terms (2010-2014 and 2014-2018) and signed the peace agreement with the FARC. For this achievement he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. Since his presidential period, Mr. Santos has been Angelopoulos fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, visiting professor of development at Oxford University, George Ball visiting professor at Columbia University, special professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and senior policy fellow and distinguished visiting professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He is the founder of the Compaz Foundation, a non-profit organization to promote peacebuilding in Colombia and around the world, where he continues to empower victims, consolidate peace, reduce poverty, and defend the environment.
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