Preparation Social Reform Program
The technical cooperation will finance technical assistance necessary to prepare a policy program to improve the impact, effectiveness and coordination i the Colombian social safety net and poverty alleviation programs. This technical cooperation has as its specific objectives to assist GOC to prepare feasibility and other preparatory studies for reforms in five key areas of social protection and poverty alleviation: (i) fiscal instruments to assure anti-cyclical financing of the safety net and protect investments in the human capital of the poor during crisis; (ii) reforms to the existing mechanisms of protection of the elderly poor; (iii) targeting; (iv) feasibility studies for the reform of labor income protection measures currently in place; and (v) communications and dissemination for policy change.

Project Detail

Country

Colombia

Project Number

TC0102044

Approval Date

August 8, 2001

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Subsector

SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Lending Instrument

-

Lending Instrument Code

-

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental Classification

-

Total Cost

USD 276,575.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 49,000.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 227,575.00
Financial Information
Operation Number Lending Type Reporting Currency Reporting Date Signed Date Fund Financial Instrument
ATN/JO-7556-CO Sovereign Guaranteed USD - United States Dollar Japan Poverty Reduction Program Nonreimbursable
Operation Number ATN/JO-7556-CO
  • Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
  • Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
  • Reporting Date:
  • Signed Date:
  • Fund: Japan Poverty Reduction Program
  • Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable