This note presents the gender poverty profiles for Colombia using a lifecycle approach. In Colombia, as in the vast majority of countries around the world, girls and boys are consistently poorer than adults and seniors. Notwithstanding, the difference on poverty rates between women and men...

Estimating ex-ante distributional impacts of road infrastructure is increasingly important to better understand the poverty effects of these investments. This note presents such analysis for the ongoing 4th generation (4G) road concessions program in Colombia, which involves the concession of 40...

The ultimate objective of gender analysis is to inform programs and policies that contribute to closing persistent gaps. However, the specific impact of gender analysis and advice activities is not always evident or measured. There is growing interest among development partners, including the...