Aunque Perú se vio afectado por la caída en los precios de los bienes básicos en 2015, su desempeño superó a muchos de sus pares sudamericanos, gracias a un crecimiento económico impulsado por una mayor producción minera e inversión estatal en infraestructura.
Economic update | Revisión del año 2015 en Perú
After several years marked by turbulence and uncertainty, Egypt’s economy received two welcome boosts in 2015. The first was the successful conclusion to the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in the first quarter of the year. The second was the successful passage of the 2015/16 budget, which builds upon delicate but necessary reforms to improve Egypt’s public finances. The...
Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Egypt 2016
Lying astride trade routes linking West, East, North and South, Egypt has long been at the heart of regional and global commerce. For the past century and a half, the Suez Canal has been a major conduit for international trade, including oil. Building on decades of leadership in the Arab world, Egypt is undergoing major governmental transformation in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution....
Located at a crossroads between Africa, Asia and Europe, Egypt remains one of the world’s most strategically important countries, as it has been for millennia. Egypt has the third-largest GDP in the Arab world, after oil-rich Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It is considerably more diversified than many economies in the region, with manufacturing and agriculture key contributors, making up 14.5% and 15.7% of GDP, respectively, according to the Central Bank of Egypt, as well as oil and gas extraction.
Economic update | Turkey Year in Review 2015
The Turkish economy remained relatively resilient in 2015, despite continued weakness among leading trade partners, instability along and within its borders, and a rising tide of Syrian refugees.
Economic update | Revisión del año 2015 en México
El año 2015 fue de resultados mixtos para un México que, pese a las turbulencias externas, registró un modesto crecimiento del PIB durante el periodo.