After a troubled first half of 2017, Peru is showing signs of renewed economic activity. Rebounding commodity prices are shoring up the economy, giving its president breathing space to deliver long-due reforms. Jacopo Dettoni reports.
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Peru overhauls IPA to bring in investment
Reforms at Peru’s national investment promotion agency, ProInversión, are designed to make project development more efficient than in the past. Measures such as appointing high-quality consultants are already in place, as executive director Alberto Ñecco tells fDi magazine.
Peru looks to PPPs to solve infrastructure woes
Peru has to close a $160bn infrastructure deficit. National investment promotion agency ProInversión, which is tasked with turning this shortage into an opportunity for investors, has high ambitions for developing its portfolio of projects in 2018, reports Jacopo Dettoni.
Afin chief draws up plan to close Peru's infrastructure gap
Peru should reduce its overall level of investment in public works, and engage more with private investment through PPPs and self-sustainable projects, Gonzalo Prialé, president of Peruvian infrastructure lobby association Afin, tells fDi Magazine.
Peru's development bank puts finance to work
With low public debt, Peru is well placed to encourage investment into a wide-ranging infrastructure programme. Meanwhile, restructured national development bank Cofide is already increasing its activity to boost the market, as Jacopo Dettoni reports.
Odebrecht looks to avoid messy Peruvian divorce
Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht is disposing of its valuable portfolio of infrastructure projects in Peru in the wake of a corruption scandal that jeopardised the continuity of its interests in the whole of Latin America. Jacopo Dettoni reports.
Peru presses ahead with PPP plans despite scandal
The fallout from Brazil’s Odebrecht scandal is spreading to Peru, but the resulting infrastructure slowdown could mean opportunities for far-sighted overseas investors. Jason Mitchell reports.
Peru’s FDI decrease comes to a halt
Early figures for 2016 indicate a return to growth.
Former economy minister takes power in Peru
New president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski promises to steward country through continued financial growth.
Peru's partnership plan to beat slowing economic growth
Peru's economy – for so long one of the leading lights in Latin America – has slowed a little of late amid political uncertainty and a decline in demand from China. However, its prospects are still strong and a further embracing of public-private partnerships is proving to be a real cause for enthusiasm.
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