Resumen
Since the last quarter of the XX century, the transitional demographic stage experienced by several countries, had allowed those nations to enjoy higher levels of gross domestic product per capita. Notwithstanding those conditions there was not reduction of poverty, to achieve this situation it is essential to act on social inequalities. One of the main arguments presented in this study is the assertion that, within the Colombian circumstances, the major axis of policy has had as core element, looking for economic growth rather than decreasing social and economic inequalities. Even during times of economic increase, this South-American country did not show the sufficient aptitude to act upon structural factors associated with poverty. Sometimes, more in the sense of specific and exceptional actions, Colombian major social activities have addressed the problem of poverty as a set of relief activities.