Colombias economy has high growth potential but cannot ditch oil, mining -IDB

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombias economy has high growth potential, boosted by agriculture, tourism and interconnectivity between different economic sectors, but will continue to depend on its oil and mining industries, a high-ranking official of the Inter-American Development Bank said on Thursday.

波哥大（路透社）——美洲开发银行一位高级官员表示，哥伦比亚经济在农业、旅游业和不同经济部门之间的相互联系的推动下具有很高的增长潜力，但将继续依赖其石油和采矿业周四。

The government of President Gustavo Petro wants to move Colombia away from its reliance on extractive industries, sectors which generate the largest income for Latin Americas fourth-largest economy in exports, taxes and royalties.

总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗 (gustavo petro) 的政府希望让哥伦比亚摆脱对采掘业的依赖，采掘业是拉丁美洲第四大经济体在出口、税收和特许权使用费方面产生最大收入的行业。

Petro wants to boost agricultural production in the country of 50 million people to increase food output by giving land to poor farmers and use tourism to generate employment and bring in foreign currency.

佩特罗希望通过向贫困农民提供土地来提高这个拥有 5000 万人口的国家的农业生产，以增加粮食产量，并利用旅游业创造就业机会并带来外汇。

“We‘re proposing a conversation that has to start today to be able to transition towards an economy that’s much more diverse in the coming years,” Tomas Bermudez, head of the IDBs Andes section, said at a press conference.

“我们提议必须从今天开始对话，以便能够在未来几年向更加多样化的经济转型，”美洲开发银行安第斯山脉分部负责人 tomas bermudez 在新闻发布会上说。

The transition will “have to be financed and leveraged with what Colombia produces today, which are hydrocarbons and mining,” he said, adding that the new IDB report on transforming productivity in the Andean region did not propose ditching these industries.

他说，这一转型“必须利用哥伦比亚今天生产的产品，即碳氢化合物和采矿业，提供资金和杠杆作用”，并补充说美洲开发银行关于安第斯地区生产力转型的新报告并未提议放弃这些行业。

The country‘s agricultural industry demonstrated its resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when it grew 2%, while Colombia’s economy contracted 6.8% overall.

该国的农业在 2020 年 covid-19 大流行期间表现出了韧性，增长了 2%，而哥伦比亚的经济总体收缩了 6.8%。

Colombias services sector has the potential to bring an additional 1.7 million jobs to the country by 2050, of which 90,000 would include the modern services sector, such as computer programming, the IDB study found.

idb 的研究发现，到 2050 年，哥伦比亚的服务业有可能为该国带来额外的 170 万个工作岗位，其中 90,000 个将包括现代服务业，例如计算机编程。

The global energy transition and process of decarbonization has potential to increase demand for metals including copper, nickel and graphite, the report said, adding that exploration projects for these metals could benefit Colombia.

报告称，全球能源转型和脱碳过程有可能增加对铜、镍和石墨等金属的需求，并补充说，这些金属的勘探项目可能会使哥伦比亚受益。

Colombias government forecasts economic growth of 8.2% in 2022, but will slow to 1.3% this year.

哥伦比亚政府预测 2022 年经济增长 8.2%，但今年将放缓至 1.3%。