WIDER Working Paper 2024/62-Concealed costs: illicit economies and the erosion of the local tax base in Colombia

Table of Contents

• wp2024-xx Justino et al BODY.pdf -1
• Introduction 1
• Context 1
• Conflict and violence in Colombia 1
• Tax decentralization in Colombia 1
• Data 1
• Data sources 1
• Descriptive statistics 1
• Descriptive stylized facts 1
• Early land conflicts 1
• Political violence during La Violencia 1
• The peak of the armed conflict 1
• Prevalence of coca cultivation 1
• Multiple forms of violence and illegality 1
• Discussion and conclusions 1
• wp2024-xx Justino et al BODY.pdf -1
• Introduction 3
• Context 5
• Conflict and violence in Colombia 5
• Tax decentralization in Colombia 6
• Data 8
• Data sources 8
• Descriptive statistics 9
• Descriptive stylized facts 10
• Early land conflicts 10
• Political violence during La Violencia 11
• The peak of the armed conflict 12
• Prevalence of coca cultivation 13
• Multiple forms of violence and illegality 14
• Discussion and conclusions 14