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Blog BanRep: 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…

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

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

Blog BanRep: 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…

Blog BanRep: 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…

Blog BanRep: International Seminar "Pathways to Gender Equality in Central Banks"

On May 18 and 19, in conjunction with the International Economic Association (IEA), the Bank of Spain, and the United Nations Development Program…