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OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation: Going Digital in Colombia is part of a new series of OECD country reviews. The OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation analyse recent developments of the digital economy in countries, review policies related to digitalisation and make recommendations to increase policy coherence in this area.
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This chapter focuses on one of the foundations for a digital transformation: communication infrastructure and services. High-quality fixed and mobile communication networks are crucial for the further development of the Colombian digital economy, as is ready access to these networks at competitive prices.
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The digital transformation has the potential to cut across all economic and societal activities, raising opportunities and challenges. Taking advantage of these changes requires a workforce that can adapt to technological changes and firms that are able to innovate. Colombia needs to continue its reforms of education and labour market institutions and take measures to boost innovation in firms in order to seize the opportunities from the digital transformation.
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The previous chapters of this Review have analysed recent developments in several policy fields in relation to digitalisation in Colombia. The analysis has led to an assessment of performance and a set of policy recommendations for each field. These recommendations are discussed below and mapped against the Going Digital Integrated Policy Framework presented in and summarised in .