With a surface area of 1.29m sq km and 2414 km of coastline, Peru is the third-largest country in South America. It has a population of 28.2m, 30.2% of which is under the age of 14. While there is no official religion, the majority of Peruvians are Christian, and the Catholic Church plays an important role in the country’s culture.
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Economic update | Ghana: Powering up
18 Jun 2012
Aiming to sustain its impressive economic growth of recent years, Ghana is increasingly focusing on improving its electricity infrastructure. Rising demand, together with inconsistent input supply, is putting pressure on the government and key players to bolster the country’s production and transmission capacity.
Economic update | México: Debatiendo la reforma
14 Jun 2012
Dado que la producción petrolera mexicana continúa con su tendencia hacia la baja, parece cada vez más probable que las nuevas reformas puedan abrir el sector, incluso más, a la inversión privada.
Articles & Analysis | Under pressure: Exploring the Karoo Basin’s shale gas reserves has created controversy from The Report: South Africa 2012
Since 2009, murmurs about shale gas potential in the Karoo Basin have become a cacophony of controversy. On the one hand, international and domestic hydrocarbons firms are calling for significant exploration efforts to establish whether the expected deposits are commercially viable, suggesting that any major discoveries could be game-changers for...