Colombia: Selected Issues

May 17, 2005

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Colombia: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 12, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper examines conditions in Colombian labor markets, which present a big challenge to the country. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered underemployed. The paper reviews labor market developments leading up to the reforms. It examines structural issues in the labor markets, reviews the labor market reforms, and analyzes the impact of reforms versus stronger growth. The paper also analyzes various aspects of Colombia’s system of intergovernmental transfers.

Subject: Currencies, Employment, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Labor, Labor markets, Nonbank financial institutions, Revenue administration

Keywords: Assets, Bank, CR, Derivatives market, East Asia, Employment, Global, Government, Government plan, ISCR, Labor market, Labor market condition, Labor markets, Levels of government, Nonbank financial institutions, Nonbank financial institutions, Section reviews labor market development

Publication Details

Pages:

66
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/162
Stock No:

1COLEA2005002
ISBN:

9781451808872
ISSN:

1934-7685

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