Efectos del conflicto armado en Colombia en la cobertura educativa del departamento de Bolívar en el período 1995-2008

the present study estimates the impact of the internal armed conflict in the education coverage in the bolivar department between the years 1995 and 2008 through a double logarithmic regression analysis through an ordinary least square method. the explanation variables are; homicides, kidnapping and forced displacement and one dummy variable which is the democratic security policy.) the best regression was determined by the akaike information criteria (cia). the educational coverage reported a high correlation with the kidnapping rate. forced displacement and democratic security where associated to educational coverage. a positive impact of the democratic security policy is observed given the fact that since the beginning of its implementation, educational coverage has varied positively.