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Expected effect of climate change on economic activity

There is a broad consensus in the scientific community regarding the risks associated with climate change on the economic activity of most…

Food inflation in Colombia: a comparison with other countries

Since the second half of 2021, food prices in Colombia grew on average 12 percentage points more than in the other OECD countries and seven…

Banrep Blog: Minimum wage and labor flows in formal employment

A recent document of the journal Ensayos sobre Política Económica (ESPE) from Banco de la República (the Central Bank of…

The Turnaround in Household and Corporate Savings- Investment Balances Between 2020 and 2021

In September last year, a blog was published announcing the…

Emigration and Tax Revenue

When citizens of a developing country decide to emigrate in search of a better future, their lives and those of their families are not the only…

Impact of the Pandemic on the Colombian Education System

In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted educational activities usually carried out in person. To mitigate the cost of closing educational…