在这一服务-出口拉动的增长战略中，技能短缺并没有成为主要问题，这要归功于非常开放的移民政策让巴拿马能够利用哥伦比亚和其他国家留不住的人才。
In this services-export-led growth strategy, skill shortages did not become a major problem, thanks to a fairly open immigration policy, which allowed the country to use the talent that Colombia, among other countries, was unable to keep.