Colombia Election Watch – major reforms unlikely (again)

The expected re-election of Juan Manuel Santos as Colombia’s president is good news for peace talks with the FARC, but will probably mean that major economic reforms to boost the competitiveness of industry remain on the back-burner. With the commodities boom coming to an end, economic growth will probably remain slower. We expect GDP growth to average 4% during the next presidential term.

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