Unemployment affects 12.7% of the Colombian active population. In parallel with the reduction in unemployment, there has been an increase in the number of workers who earn between zero pesos and a minimum wage.
This is a process of precariousness that has become more acute in commerce and industry. The Government has been very aggressive when it comes to expanding the state apparatus with “bureaucracy and new ministerial agencies,” says Mauricio Salazar, a professor at the Javeriana University.