Administrative chaos blamed for sending funds for Colombia’s poor to dead and wealthy citizens

Administrative chaos blamed for sending funds for Colombia’s poor to dead and wealthy citizens
Posted by Claire Dennis on Nov 4, 2015

Colombia’s mayors are not updating the registries that connect the poorest populations to government funds — leaking subsidies to rich and dead persons instead of those living in poverty, according to the National Planning Department (DNP).

The database of the SISBEN registry, designed by the DNP, collects information on potential beneficiaries of government aid for 16 social welfare programs in Colombia, but new evaluations have shown the system is being taken advantage of, preventing vulnerable families from receiving care.

As a result, the DNP urged municipal leaders Tuesday to update the SISBEN information as fast as possible, to gather reliable data of all the registries in order to guarantee the poorest Colombians access to social programs on issues such as education, housing, health, child protection and elderly care, among others.

DNP Director Simon Gaviria Muñoz announced the release of a notice to all mayors to guide them in the updating of the databases in their municipalities in the least amount of time possible.

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http://colombiareports.com/administrative-chaos-blamed-for-sending-funds-for-colombias-poor-to-dead-and-wealthy-citizens/