Effects of the influx of foreign investment flows in the Colombian hydroelectric sector

Abstract

It is known that the world today is moving around of the globalization of markets; it is there that foreign investment flows play an important role in the economic development of Latin America, as in the case of Colombia. In recent years, foreign investment flows have generated not only economic growth but also international relations with the strengthening of trade agreements, the exchange of innovation in technology, processes, and knowledge, allowing the economy to have a progressive development, reflecting that foreign investment can have positive effects on the country’s GDP.
The research is based on a descriptive methodology, which shows the growth of foreign direct investment in the Colombian hydroelectric sector, encouraging the strengthening of the sector from 2012 to 2016, for which economic and resource protection policies have been developed to guarantee a continuation of this sector. The research results reflect the positive effects of foreign investment, showing a growth in the hydroelectric sector closely related to GDP in 2016, as well as the increase in Colombian energy production.