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Egypt has a vibrant capital market, with 212 listed companies on the Egyptian Exchange, alongside a primary and secondary bond market with 60 listed bonds, and a dedicated small-cap market for small and medium-sized enterprises, the Nilex, with 20 listings. Four indices track the performance of the domestic market, but the political unrest of 2011 led to declines in all of them by the end of the...

Egypt is the second-largest economy in the Arab World, with a GDP in excess of $229bn and a domestic market of 85m people. However, its performance over the past year has been turbulent, thanks to the significant political transformation the country has undergone. The complicated process has had broad macroeconomic consequences for Egypt, reducing capital inflows by roughly 75% in 2011 and...

This section provides an overview of Egypt’s geography, history, government, foreign relations, population and language, as well as a discussion of the most recent elections and some of the more prominent socioeconomic issues. The chapter includes a viewpoint from President Mohamed Morsy, along with interviews from William Hague, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; and...

The mobile segment has been responsible for driving growth in Peru’s telecoms sector, which expanded by 16.4% in 2011. While growth in 2012 is expected to cool down, new revenue streams from sources such as mobile data will continue to make the sector an important source of foreign direct investment. Meanwhile, with internet teledensity in the country still relatively low, at 4.39% in 2011, the...

In 2010 Peru was among the world’s top 10 producers of a variety of minerals, among them gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin and mercury. Commodity prices of copper and gold have kept revenues high despite a decline in production over the last several years. Exports increased from $3.2bn in 2000 to $21.7bn in 2010, posting average annual growth of 58% during that period. While the mining...

The exploitation of the Camisea natural gas field has attracted investors to Peru and caused the country to look more closely at the potential of its hydrocarbons industry. The government has also turned its focus to oil production, with state-owned energy company Petroperú stating it hopes to triple oil production over the next four years and thereby turn Peru from a net importer of crude to a...