What are the main aims of the recent structural tax reform, and what effect is raising value-added tax (VAT) to 19% expected to have?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit: Interview from The Report: Colombia 2017
Articles & Analysis | Colombian peace deal to significantly benefit the national economy from The Report: Colombia 2017
After five decades of civil conflict between the state, FARC, the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) and other paramilitary groups, Colombia’s painstaking peace process achieved a breakthrough in 2016. Negotiations between government and FARC guerrilla representatives had been under way in Havana, Cuba, since...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Rosario Córdoba Garcés, President, Private Council for Competitiveness: Interview from The Report: Colombia 2017
How can Colombia better reach the goal it set for itself in becoming the third most competitive country in the region by 2032?
Articles & Analysis | An expanding middle class in Colombia drives demand and consumption from The Report: Colombia 2017
Rapid economic growth in the decade leading up to 2012 saw Latin America’s middle class double in size, as more households moved out of poverty. Colombia was one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies during this period. The emergence of the region’s middle class has signalled important social progress and new investment opportunities....
Interviews & Viewpoints | María Ángela Holguín, Minister of Foreign Affairs: Interview from The Report: Colombia 2017
Interviews & Viewpoints | Juan José Echavarría, Governor, Banco de la República: Interview from The Report: Colombia 2017
What mechanisms should Colombia establish to better guard against external global shocks?