Country Descriptions & Profiles

Background Notes on Countries of the World: Colombia

Published by the U.S. government, includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.

Colombia Business Forecast Report

Published quarterly by Business Monitor International, provides SWOT analysis of a country’s political, economic and business environment, includes overviews of the country’s key economic sectors and scenario test analysis.

Colombia Country Monitor

Presents Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the Economy. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export Statistics as well as the names of important government officials.

Colombia Country Profile

Quick access to country data points, economic performance, gross domestic product, and detailed analysis of the country’s business environment.

Colombia Country Review

Published annually by CountryWatch, provides demographic, economic, business, and environmental data.

Colombia Economic Competitiveness

Published by the Icon Group using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks.  Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings.  Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.

Political Risk Yearbook: Colombia Country Forecast

Published annually by PRS Group and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country’s political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country’s history and geography.

Finance, Trade & Commerce

BuyUSA.gov U.S. Commercial Services: Colombia

http://www.buyusa.gov/colombia/en/

From the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) Provides information to U.S. businesses exporting goods and services, including trade agreements, market research, trade event lists, industry specific information.

Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.

http://www.doingbusiness.org/

Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.

FITA: Colombia Country Profile

http://fita.org/countries/colombia.html

FITA, The Federation of International Trade Associations, website includes general information as well as information on market access, economic indicators, taxes, labor market, agriculture, media, and more.

Global Edge: Colombia

http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/Colombia

Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University ( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE contains country specific news, statistics, history, economics, and government data.>

Index of Economic Freedom: Colombia

http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Colombia

A Web resource evaluating the following areas:trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.>

News & Journals

Statistics & Government Resources

Banco de la Republica Colombia

http://www.banrep.gov.co/index_eng.html

The official Web site of the Central Bank of Colombia includes information on currency rates, monetary policy, statistics and much more.

Embassy of Colombia in Washington D.C.

http://www.colombiaemb.org/

Information about business and investment. Also contains information about flora and fauna, education, travel and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography, people and culture.

Statistics Colombia

http://www.dane.gov.co/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=28

Important social, economic and cultural statistics, with links to other useful sites.