The development of Peru’s capital markets continues apace, driven by the growing number of increasingly sophisticated local institutional investors. Though the Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima, BVL) started 2014 off poorly, with stock prices falling significantly on the gradual withdrawal of monetary stimulus by the US Federal Reserve and the effect of geopolitical tensions...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Peru 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Carlos Herrera, Executive Director, ProInversión: Interview from The Report: Peru 2015
Two large infrastructure tenders were recently awarded as single projects. To what extent might this approach restrict participation?
Articles & Analysis | Workforce informality is an ongoing struggle for the government from The Report: Peru 2015
Despite numerous government initiatives conceived over the years to tackle workforce informality in Peru, it remains a major problem that shows few signs of swift resolution. Although the data vary depending on the definitions of “informality”, about 65% of businesses were considered informal as of April 2014. This compares unfavourably to some of Peru’s poorer...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): Interview from The Report: Peru 2015
How much of a concern is protectionism, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Articles & Analysis | With strong fundamentals, the economy is set to see continued growth from The Report: Peru 2015
Following the end of the commodities super-cycle that sustained Peru’s economic growth at an average rate of 6.4% per annum since the mid-2000s, the country saw growth fall sharply over the course of 2014. However, this slowdown is widely seen as a temporary lull, attributable in part to delays in some major mining developments, and the government has sought to...
Articles & Analysis | Improving governance and education are crucial to strengthening overall competitiveness from The Report: Peru 2015
Peru’s overall ranking of 65 out of 144 countries surveyed in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) “Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15” belies some serious weaknesses, in institutional capacity and education in particular, that have prevented the country from climbing further up the table. Despite gaining recognition from the WEF for its “very strong macroeconomic...