VZCZCXYZ0009
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHBO #7842 3061428
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 021428Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9865
UNCLAS BOGOTA 007842
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR EEB/IFD/ODF; WHA/EPSC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC CO
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF FY08 MCC SCORECARDS
REF: STATE 146777
Per reftel, EconOff delivered the FY08 MCC scorecards and
points November 1 to Andre Escobar Arango, Deputy Director of
the National Planning Department. Escobar welcomed the
information and noted that Colombia's continued improvement
in the indicators reflected the GOC's strong commitment to
reducing the poverty rate from 56 percent in 2002 to 35
percent by 2010. Escobar said his office would look forward
to publication of the indicators on the Internet in the near
future.
Brownfield