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Investment in Services
Service Sector Investment in Colombia
The service sector in Colombia offers enormous growth potential, it became one of the major commercial guarantees for the country. Currently, initiatives are being carried out to explore new opportunities and markets, improving the sector policy and extending the offer.
Through the Productive Transformation Program, an initiative led by the Colombian government, the country aims to develop world-class industry sectors such as Software and IT Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Energy, and related Goods and Services.
Colombia is a great opportunity for investors focused in the services sector, displaying many competitive advantages. Some of them are:
- The highest availability of qualified human resources in Latin America (IMD, 2008).
- Financial analysts and systems engineers on competitive wages in the region, up to 78% of average labor costs.
- 27,000 engineering graduates and 13,000 technicians.
- The most competitive free ports in Latin America: 15% income tax and the ability to sell to the local market.
- Strategic geographic location, just a three-hour flight from Miami.
In this section find specific information on the following sectors:
