Blog BanRep

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Wednesday the 25th of March, 2026

In each publication you will find easy-to-read articles related to the Colombian and global economy, and to the management of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia).

Blog BanRep: Long-term effects of the Familias en Acción (Families in Action) program in Colombia

A recent research paper by Carlos Medina and Christian Posso, senior economists at Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia),…

Blog BanRep: Geographic Isolation and Rural Education

In Colombia, there is a gap in the quality of education between urban and rural households, which is caused by multiple factors. On the one hand,…

Blog BanRep: Recent Credit Performance in Colombia

Since 2009, the Financial Stability Department of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) has been conducting the…

Blog BanRep: Effective Tax Rates in Colombia

The Colombian tax system contains multiple reliefs and discounts and simultaneously supports a high degree of evasion. This implies that the…

Blog BanRep: Developments in the Systems of National Accounts and Financial Accounts

As of June 2021, the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE in Spanish) and Banco de la República (the Central…