The perversion of public land distribution by landed elites: Power, inequality and development in Colombia

Faguet, Jean-Paul; Sánchez, Fabio; Villaveces, Marta-Juanita

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105036

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“…In this context, according to Berry ( 2017 ), land has become a vulnerable asset due to illegal appropriation by armed groups. In turn, both displacement and income insecurity affect the poor in rural areas in a particular way, since the poorest individuals cohabit on small and dispersed lands where the provision of public goods is scarce (Faguet et al, 2020 ).…”

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Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: An Application to Colombian Households

Hernández

Zuluaga

2022

Soc Indic Res

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This paper analyzes Colombian households’ vulnerability to multidimensional poverty. For this purpose, we apply the vulnerability as expected poverty approach and the multidimensional poverty index to obtain the probability of a household being poor in the future. The source of information was the Colombian Longitudinal Survey. By employing the Feasible Generalized Least Squares methodology in three stages, the results indicate that the percentage of vulnerable households is greater than the percentage of poor households. In addition, the pattern of vulnerability differs depending on the area (i.e., rural or urban) in which the households are located. These findings have important policy implications; specifically, they enable us to distinguish between groups of people that require particular policy strategies: households that are persistently poor require poverty alleviation interventions and those that are not poor, but have a high probability of becoming poor in the future, need poverty prevention strategies.

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Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: An Application to Colombian Households

Hernández

Zuluaga

2022

Soc Indic Res

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“…One of the main causes and a continuous driver of conflict is the access to and the distribution of land (Counter, 2019;McKay, 2018). Colombia is one of the most unequal countries regarding land-rights and land was one of the key points of the peace agreement (as part of the Integral Rural Reform point in the agreement) (Faguet et al, 2020;Guereña, 2017;McKay, 2018). One necessary step is further implementing the Multipurpose Cadastre, which is part of the peace agreement and is an information system that registers updated land data, based on formal and informal properties, including the specification on rights, restrictions, interests on the properties and use.…”

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A new war on nature and people: taking stock of the Colombian peace agreement

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Non-technical summary:Almost six years have passed since the Colombian peace agreement was signed. However, the promise of a 'Stable and lasting peace' is slipping away as the transition towards peace is increasingly tainted and overshadowed with violence. The future of Colombia is at a crossroad and without international support and action taken to monitor global supply chains, these particular drivers of conflict, violence and environmental degradation will persist. We summarize the current situation and shed light on the complexities of building peace in Colombia, with a particular focus on the environmental changes that took place since the peace agreement was signed. Technical summary:The Colombian peace agreement officially ended one of the world's longest internal armed conflicts. But the transformation of land use that takes place in the wake of the peace agreement, has made the historic inequalities of access to land more visible and revealed inherent and violent struggles over resources that persist across the country. In this briefing we analyse the current status of peacebuilding in Colombia and highlight the major barriers and challenges in the current peacebuilding efforts. We show how the last years brought severe and negative repercussions for people, communities and the natural environment in Colombia as cattle ranching, 'productive agriculture' and extractive industries are increasingly encroaching into indigenous territories, protected areas and forest ecosystems, replacing diverse natural forests that support biodiversity and contribute to human well-being locally and globally. The resurging presence of numerous armed groups seeking to control the profitable drug trade and mineral deposits are a major problem and obstacle for building lasting and sustainable peace among people and with the natural environment in Colombia. We conclude

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“…In Brazil, the pro-poor agenda and equality-driven growth adopted by Workers' Party (PT) governments in lieu of profound redistribution arguably made the process unsustainable in the long term (Loureiro, 2020). In Colombia, two main factors have played a role in inhibiting better income distribution: first, landed elites that have historically shaped local policies and decision-making to their benefit (Faguet, Sánchez and Villaveces, 2020); and second, powerful business groups that influence tax policies and whose focus has been on indirect taxation and avoiding high income tax rates (Castañeda, 2018). The case of Honduras is a particular one, as democratic institutions are extremely weak and elite networks have relied on their control of money, power and the media, which, in turn, have further undermined any redistributive policy attempts (Euraque, 2019;Sosa Iglesias, 2017).…”

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COVID-19, elites and the future political economy of inequality reduction in Latin America

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Rivera²

2021

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The perversion of public land distribution by landed elites: Power, inequality and development in Colombia

Cited by 42 publications

References 53 publications

Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: An Application to Colombian Households

Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty: An Application to Colombian Households

A new war on nature and people: taking stock of the Colombian peace agreement

COVID-19, elites and the future political economy of inequality reduction in Latin America

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