Colobian Economy

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction – Colombia’s Financial Markets

a. Introduce the Financial Markets through presentation of graphs

b. Discuss Major issues involving the economy through microeconmic data, macroeconomic data, and government regulations and statistics.

2. Colombia Economic Issues

a. Microeconomic Issues – Based on the graphs in the introduction

i. Identify the main issues

ii. Brief overview of the current situation

b. Macroeconomic Issues

i. Identify issues

ii. What causes the shifts in demands

c. Government Regulations

i. Identify the banking system

ii. Understand the issues the economy is currently facing

3. Graphs and Statistical Data

a. Microeconomic Data – 2000-2011

b. Macroeconomic Data – 2000-2011

c. Government Surveys – 2000- 2011

4. Colombia in comparison to other emerging markets

a. Colombia compared with Turkey

b. Egypt

c. Indonesia

5. Two Solutions based upon the data

a. Microeconomic Solution

i. What are the two solutions to help the current situation?

b. Macroeconomic Solution

i. Identify two solutions and propose ideas to implement?

c. Government Policy Recommendations

i. Overcome obstacles with current situation

6. Closing

a. Colombia’s economic situation

b. Colombia’s future outlook

Works Cited

Blackman, Courtney. The Practice of Economic Management: A Caribbean Perspective. Ian Randle Publishers, 2006.

Fajinzylber, Pablo, Guach, Luis, J.y Lopez, Humberto J. Does the Invetment Climate Matter? World Bank, 2009, pp.1-319.

Stallings, Barbara with Sudart, Roberto. Finance for Development Latin America in Comparative Perspective, Washington D.C. Brookings Institution Press, United Nations, 2006, pp.1-316

Sturzenegger, Federico, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2006. Print.

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