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Peru: Viable public investment projects totaled US$11.636 billion

Road construction in Peru. Photo:ANDINA/ Archive/ Jack Ramón.

Road construction in Peru. Photo:ANDINA/ Archive/ Jack Ramón.

08:00 | Lima, Jul. 25.

Viable Public Investment Projects (PIPs) were valued at S/38.400 billion (about US$11.636 billion) as at July 21 2016, Peru’s Economy and Finance Ministry (MEF) reported.

It must be noted such projects were declared viable by the three levels of government: national, regional and local.

Over the analyzed period, PIPs declared viable by local governments stood at S/25.042 billion (about US$7.588 billion).

National government-approved PIPs amounted to S/7.481 billion (about US$2.266 billion), whereas those related to regional governments reached S/5.877 billion (about US$1.780 billion).

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Published: 7/25/2016