One of the direct consequences of the inequitable resource distribution is poverty, a phenomenon which has become the reason why a large number of Colombians cannot enjoy the economic, social and cultural rights they are due, and while the nation registered important advances in tackling the Unmet Basic Needs (UBN) during recent decades, the tendency towards overcoming poverty as measured by UBN decelerated in the last five years as a consequence of cut-backs in social spending.
Una de las consecuencias directas de la inequitativa distribución de los recursos es la pobreza, que como fenómeno se constituye en la razón o causa por la cual un amplio número de colombianos no pueden disfrutar de los derechos económicos sociales y culturales a los que tienen derecho.