ColombiaPresentation.pptx macroeconomics

macroeconomics presentation about Colombia

1. Wes Conner Mariana Prado Juan Herrera COLOMBIA

2. Video of Colombia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cN07tsCb2E

3. Geography

4. Climate Because of the country's close proximity to the Equator, its climate is generally tropical and isothermal (without any real change of seasons).

5. Government Structure The Republic of Colombia has  a presidential system of government . The extant constitution dates back to 1991. The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president.

6. Currency $1 USD = 4,069.71 Colombian Pesos

7. Wealth Distribution The top one percent of the country's population possesses $229.7 billion USD, or 37.3 percent of Colombia's total wealth, which is currently at $616 billion USD for 2021. The top ten percent has nearly three-quarters of the nation's wealth, meanwhile the bottom half of the population retains a mere 1.6 percent.

8. Terrorism Ocurrences On March 26, 2021 FARC-EP detonated a car bomb outside of a mayoral office in  Corinto , Cauca, 37 miles south of Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city.  The bombing injured 43 people.

9. Labor Force Colombia Labor Force Participation Rate dropped to 63.9 % in May 2023, compared with 64.6 % in the previous month. Colombia's Labor Force Participation Rate is updated monthly, available from Jan 2001 to May 2023, with an average rate of 66.4 % .

10. Inflation Rate The annual inflation rate in Colombia slowed for the fourth consecutive month to 11.78% in July 2023, down from the previous month's 12.13% and slightly above the market expectation of 11.61%. This marked the lowest reading since September 2022

11. Inflation Rate graph

12. Infrastructure  EL Dorado Airport served over 35 million passengers in 2019 and 740,000 metric tons of cargo in 2018, [3]  making it the second busiest airport in South America in terms of passenger traffic and the busiest in terms of cargo traffic.

13. Highways in Colombia

14. Highway map Colombia  has a road network of approximately 206,102 km

15. Longest Highway National Route 45. Starts in the border with Ecuador in Putumayo Department, and ends in the north of the country in the Magdalena Department.

16. EXPORTS

17. Main Exports

18. Main Imports 39% Machinery and transport equipment 22% Manufactured products 17% Chemicals & Related products 10% Fuel, mineral lubricants  8% Food and Livestock

19. Main Import Partners

20. Other interesting facts about Colombia 

21. Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, at 13,000m, is the world’s highest coastal mountain range

22. Colombia Has 60 National Parks.

23. Colombia Has More Than 4,000 Species of Orchids.

24. Colombia is the world’s leading source of emeralds. It is also the third largest exporter of coffee in the world after Brazil and Vietnam

25. Colombia is the Second Most Biodiverse Country in the World. 

26. It is mandatory for radio and public television in Colombia to play the national anthem every day at 6 am and 6 pm.​

27. Film Regulations Colombian Film Commission Permits INCENTIVES Content Regulations Co-Production Treaties:

28. Film Regulations

29. Covid Impact Healthcare System Strain Economic Impact Tourism Education Vulnerable Populations

30. Covid Impact Government Response Vaccination Efforts Social Dynamics

31. Transportation cost  There's only one way : Airplane Ticket costs: Round Trip

32. Why we chose Colombia

33. References BBC News. (2012, August 31). Colombia profile - Timeline. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19390026   Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. (n.d.). Colombia - Decentralization. https://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/decentralization/English/CaseStudies/colombia.html   Forbes Advisor. (n.d.). USD to MXN - US Dollar to Mexican Peso. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/money-transfer/currency-converter/usd-mxn/#:~:text=1%20USD%20%3D%2017.058105%20MXN%20Aug%2019%2C%202023%2023%3A22%20UTC   Statista. (n.d.). Colombia: Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices from 1986 to 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/369111/gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-colombia/   Trading Economics. (n.d.). Colombia GDP per capita. https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/gdp-per-capita   Trading Economics. (n.d.). Colombia Inflation CPI. https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/inflation-cpi   U.S. Atlas. (n.d.). Colombia Topographic Map. https://us-atlas.com/colombia-topographic-map.html   U.S. Department of State. (2021). Colombia. In Country Reports on Terrorism 2021. https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/colombia/