Policy Notes

Trade offers the opportunity for economies to grow and contribute to the alleviation of poverty (WTO, 2018).

Colombia has transitioned from a high dependence on coffee exports in the 1970s to a high dependence on Oil and other minerals.

Trade in services in Colombian has been growing in recent years; however, its development is still very incipient.

Colombia’s unique geography makes it intrinsically difficult to create a quality national infrastructure system.

The inflow from Colombia has stagnated since 2014 commodity price crisis and its composition remains concentrated in the extractive industries and in some regions.

The relationship between migration and trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has not yet been fully addressed, nor policies around this topic fully assessed.

The low participation of exporting firms is one of the structural problems presented for the internationalization of the Colombian economy.

Based on estimations from The Conference Board, between 2000 and 2019 the average annual growth of total factor productivity (TFP) was negative (-0.42 %).

The purpose of the following document is to present some general lines of the international economic context, aimed at providing the Internationalization Mission wit

From 2012 to 2019, the receptive tourism grew in an average annual growing of 9,1% in comparison to the world growth 5,3% and America’s growth 4,4%.

There is evidence suggesting that innovation and technological adoption are key to foster productivity and development (Bauer, 1990).

The National Government maintains shares in 105 companies, in 40 of them it is the majority, for a book value of close to $79 billion.