Colombia Looks Past Washington
While Santos is familiar with Chávez’s unpredictability and knows as well as anyone where the FARC rebels are and what they are up to, he also knows the economic stakes for Colombia.
Analysis
Nuevas formas de financiamiento de la educación
El financiamiento de la educación basado en la demanda se ha convertido en un paradigma que muchos países están mirando con creciente interés. En América Latina, algunas de las experiencias en este ámbito ya están mostrando sus resultados. Es el caso de Colombia con los vouchers o bonos para que…
Washington’s Mixed Signals
It is not easy to interpret often mixed signals coming from Washington about US foreign policy. But with its wide-ranging agenda, Colombia seems especially complicated.
The FTA, Not Such a Happy Story
Someday, someone will write the objective history of the US-Colombia free trade agreement For the US, the history is not a happy one.
What has Colombia’s Santos Achieved in his First Year?
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos last week completed his first year in office. What is behind his high approval rating, and will he be able to sustain it?
Colombia’s Elections & Political Outlook
Óscar Iván Zuluaga bested president Juan Manuel Santos in his bid for reelection. The two now enter a runoff election.
A Conversation with Maria Angela Holguín
It’s hard to find a country in the region that is more pro-America than Colombia and that is not going to change.
There is progress, but challenges remain
In the past five years the country has showed progress in education. More children and youth are enrolled, dropout and repetition rates have decrease, teacher trainings have improved and there is a new system for entering and moving up the career ladder based on performance. In addition, resources for this…
A Review of School Participation
The purpose of this document is to give a review of the policies, programs and practices related to parental and community involvement in schools in seven Latin American countries: Bolivia , Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Education Management in Colombia
In search of extend coverage, each subsystem has implemented strategies according to their characteristics (decentralization, engagement with the private system, extension of public supply), but with the common objective to integrate more the vulnerable people.
Between Progress and Setback
During the last ten years, the number of children and youth attending schools, especially preschool and secondary has increased, and important improvements in the quality of education service. However, these efforts are still not enough. In the XXI century, 8% of Colombian population (3.5 million people) are illiterate, and in…
Are Long-Stalled US Free-Trade Pacts Headed for Passage?
Will the three accords receive congressional approval? What is standing in the way?
Good Progress, But There Is Still Much To Do
Caldas y Manizales made very important efforts for education during the last decade: between 1993 and 2002 over 15 thousand quotas were created; school attendance increased in all levels; teacher training improved as well as Caldas schooling reached 6,9 years in 2001, average slightly lower than the rest of the…
Plan Decenal Educativo de Colombia
En 1995 Colombia se propuso elaborar su primer Plan Decenal de Desarrollo Educativo para el periodo 1996-2005, concebido no como un proyecto de un gobierno sino de toda la sociedad. Este mandato emanaba de la Ley General de Educación de 1994, que establecía la elaboración de estos planes como instrumento…
Brigadas Educativas
PREAL, a través de su Programa de Prevención de la Violencia en las Escuelas, auspiciado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, apoyó entre 2004 y 2005 seis proyectos orientados a consolidar experiencias prometedoras en este campo y a estudiar sus características y potencialidades, de manera de aprender de ellas y…