The industrial sector returned to growth in 2018, with production, exports and investment growing...
Peru Industry
Chapter | Industry & Retail from The Report: Peru 2019
Peru has seen relatively stable economic growth and significantly reduced the number of people living in poverty. Still, there have been multiple cases of corruption, but the government of President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo, who took office in 2018, has focused efforts on combatting this and stabilising the political climate. Nevertheless, challenges to ensuring sustainable development remain.
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Economic view | Raúl Alcalde, CEO, Scharff
10 Jul 2019
To what extent does infrastructure have an impact on Peru’s logistics and distribution chains?
Articles & Analysis | Innovation and improved infrastructure revitalises Peruvian manufacturing from The Report: Peru 2019
The industrial sector returned to growth in 2018, with production, exports and investment growing substantially after four years of contraction. Improvements have come largely through the expansion of manufacturing, including the production of a range of higher-value-added products, along with processed fish and agro-industrial goods. While...
Articles & Analysis | Retail in Peru grows on the back of diversified offerings and adjustment to changing demands from The Report: Peru 2019
Driven by the expansion of shopping malls, promotions and discount prices at supermarkets and pharmacies, and a growing middle class, Peru’s retail industry has lead growth in the Latin American market in recent years. According to consulting firm AT Kearney, between 2002 and 2015 Peru’s retail sector transitioned from a burgeoning market to...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Toshiro Hayashi, CEO, Toyota del Perú: Interview from The Report: Peru 2019
Articles & Analysis | Online shopping is set to keep growing in emerging markets, despite some cultural and logistical challenges from The Report: Peru 2019
E-commerce is well established in developed markets, where the majority of people make at least occasional purchases online. However, levels of activity on the whole remain relatively low in emerging countries, as these markets are restrained by a wide range of challenges, including less-developed financial and logistical infrastructure...
Articles & Analysis | Support for small and medium-sized enterprises increasingly recognised as key to sustainable growth from The Report: Peru 2019
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engines of global economic growth and employment, accounting for an average of 33% of GDP and 45% of the workforce in high-income countries, and over 60% of GDP and 70% of employment in developing economies. In the case of the latter, the rise in the number of SMEs has been crucial to economic...