A multi-decade civil war combined with narco-trafficking underlined by well publicized domestic kidnappings industry has kept most investors well away from Colombia. Yet the country has experienced five consecutive years of above average GDP growth culminating in a growth rate of 6.5% in 2007. Colombia’s government has has not only been battling the country’s rebels known as the FARC, it has also set about reforming the economy underpinned by a strategy designed to grow Colombia’s exports, which include a flourishing cut-flowers industry, footwear, clothes, emeralds and gold. Some of the key sectors in, which we see value include:

Area
1,138,910 sq km

Population:
45,013,674

Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, coal,
iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower