Economists have various ways of defining and measuring informality. According to the government think tank National Centre of Strategic Planning (Centro Nacional de Planeamiento Estratégico, CEPLAN), the informal economy includes any economic activity conducted outside of the reach of state regulation. The informal sector is also described as all economically productive units...
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Articles & Analysis | New strategy helps Peru's workers move into the formal economy under state regulation from The Report: Peru 2017
Articles & Analysis | A pipeline of economic projects boosts public and private investment in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
Steady economic growth in Peru may have masked a potential problem: investment has been falling over the last three years. The country’s GDP grew by 2.4% in 2014, 3.3% in 2015 and 3.9% in 2016, an impressive performance in the context of low commodity prices and contraction of some of the larger economies in Latin America. But across those...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Yamila Osorio Delgado, Regional President of Arequipa: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
Articles & Analysis | Funding set to boost Arequipa mining sector, despite setbacks from The Report: Peru 2017
Arequipa is a key mining region in southern Peru, topping national production in copper and molybdenum in 2016, largely as a result of the recent expansion of operations at the Cerro Verde mine. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mines ( Ministerio de Energía y Minas, MINEM), as of January 2017, Arequipa had a mining investment portfolio...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Michael Michell, Executive President, Michell Group: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
What is the most important factor to consider in maintaining export levels at a time when global demand for alpaca is decreasing?
