The government did not set aside resources while things were going well, and now it does not have the fiscal space needed for an aggressive boost to public spending of the type that many other governments are attempting. Although Colombia’s government announced a few weeks ago a strategy based on important infrastructure work, its impact will be limited: most of the investment was already in the budget last year, and the officials in charge of public works have consistently demonstrated inefficiency when executing large-scale projects.
该国政府在经济景气的时候并没有预留资源，因此它现在就缺少像其他国家政府那样实施积极的公共开支刺激计划所必需的财政空间。虽然哥伦比亚政府在数周前宣布了一项基于重要基础设施工程的战略，但其作用将会是有限的：大多数投资项目已经纳入了去年的预算，且负责公共工程的官员在执行大型项目时总是表现出低效率。