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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
Articles & Analysis | Peru focuses efforts on reconstruction after El Niño from The Report: Peru 2017
The phenomenon known as El Niño – heavy coastal flooding resulting from the warming of the Pacific ocean, which generates evaporation and rains further favoured by the absence of winds – dramatically damaged the Peruvian west coast in early 2017, leaving the country in a state of permanent emergency. The events are making their mark on the...
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Located in the south of Peru, the department of Arequipa shares its border with six other departments, including Ica and Ayacucho to the north-west, Apurímac and Cusco to the north, and Puno and Moquegua to the south-east. The population of Arequipa is set to reach a total of 1.3m people in 2017, representing 4.1% of the country’s population. In 2015 Arequipa had about 693,100 economically...
Chapter | Innovation from The Report: Peru 2017
Investment in research and development (R&D) and innovation has been increasing in recent years in Peru, partly as a result of a greater government commitment to science, technology and innovation issues. Spending on science and technology R&D increased by 93.6% between 2011 and 2014. This investment seems to be paying off in terms of institutional development, sector incentives and...
The Peruvian economy is at an interesting crossroads. Over the last two decades it has been one of the fastest-growing economies in the region, enjoying macroeconomic stability, a strong mining sector, an open economy, and growing agro-industry and services sectors. Positive GDP growth has continued despite the end of the commodities boom. According to World Bank statistics, Peru had a nominal...