In October 2017 the World Bank published its “Doing Business 2018” report, which measures the ease of doing business and investing in various global economies. Peru ranked 58th out of 190 countries in the index, placing it third in Latin America, behind Mexico (49th) and Chile (55th), and just ahead of Colombia (59th). While this represented a...
The Peruvian government is stepping up infrastructure development, announcing plans to award $4.5bn in public-private partnership (PPP) contracts in 2018 – up from $3.4bn in 2017 – to boost growth and trade potential. In January 2018 Alberto Ñecco, executive director of ProInversión, announced the agency would survey 18 PPP finalisations by...
Ancient Peru was the centre of the Inca Empire, whose power and influence peaked between 1400 and 1533 CE. The empire’s religious and administrative centre, Cusco, is adjacent to the now world-renowned Machu Picchu archaeological site. The arrival of Spanish conquerors in 1532 marked the beginning of the end for the Inca Empire and the start...
Decades of growth in trade and foreign investment have seen the economies of the world become more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. The production of goods and, increasingly, the provision of services has become fractured across borders as corporations create and integrate into regional and global value chains – a process...
In June 2018 the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, BCRP) revised its 2019 growth outlook, forecasting GDP would expand by 4.2%. This represented a more optimistic view compared to its prediction of 4% in March 2018. The institution left its projection of 4% for 2018 unchanged. These figures reaffirm the sentiment...
In the second OBG Business Barometer: Peru CEO Survey, we found that C-suite executives in the country are overwhelmingly optimistic about the business outlook: 84% report positive or very positive expectations of local business conditions in the coming 12 months. This persists despite ongoing challenges, such as the reconstruction efforts...
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