A regional Colombian program that directly employees citizens to construct roads in their local areas has governors from other departments scrambling to implement similar schemes. The new initiative is an…
Colombia’s competitiveness rating has declined despite a rising GDP, according to experts. A recent report from the Private Competitiveness Council (CPC), a non-profit organization that analyzes the economic challenges facing…
President Juan Manuel Santos should focus his attention on unemployment more than anything else in 2013, Colombian opinion makers said in a poll released Thursday. According to the poll, 35%…
Colombia’s September unemployment has risen slightly to 9.9% compared to the same month last year, the government says. The rise is the first in one and a half years. Despite…
Colombia’s finance minister will announce a new tax reform Tuesday, which allegedly targets the nation’s wealthiest workers. Among the major items of the fiscal reform will be a tax increase…
The unemployment rate for Colombia has dropped to 9.7%, the lowest it has been in 11 years. According to the Director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), unemployment…
Colombian unemployment figures dropped to the lowest levels in 11 years, according to the state statistic office (DANE) in a report on Friday. National unemployment rates hit 10.9% in July…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday his administration had achieved 72% of its goal to create 2.5 million new jobs between 2010 and 2014. According to the president, who…
Almost one fifth of Colombians between the ages of 14 and 26 is unemployed, according to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). Between April and June of this year,…