Stakeholders and the consumption tax of sugar-sweetened beverages in Colombia

Juliana Díaz-García (), Germán Valencia-Agudelo (), Isabel Cristina Carmona-Garcés () and Laura Inés González-Zapata ()
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Juliana Díaz-García: Universidad de Antioquia
Germán Valencia-Agudelo: Universidad de Antioquia
Isabel Cristina Carmona-Garcés: Universidad de Antioquia
Laura Inés González-Zapata: Universidad de Antioquia

Lecturas de Economía, 2020, issue 93, 155-187

Abstract: Stakeholders are key actors in public policy decisions. This article analyzes the decision-making process of the proposed consumption tax on sweetened beverages in Colombia and the role of stakeholders in that process. To this purpose, this study uses stakeholder analysis, for which information on the decision-making process and the role of stakeholders was collected from document review and structured interviews; in addition, the level of relationships, incidence, and power of the interviewed stakeholders was determined. The findings show the influence and power of the beverage industry to block public agenda processes that go against their interests; for which they use different instruments, such as organizational and persuasive capacity, their economic power, among others. In conclusion, decision making is a function of the mobilization of different sectoral interests. This case reflects the need to strengthen the democratic system, with greater influence from civil society.

Keywords: stakeholders; political power; taxes; non-alcoholic beverage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 H3 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n93a338783

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