As at October 23, Peru's public investment amounted to S/18.027 billion (about US$5.462 billion), the Economy and Finance Ministry reported.
Such investment was executed by the three levels of government: national, regional and local.
Local governments headed the chart with S/7.354 billion (about US$2.228 billion), followed by the national government with S/7.063 billion (US$2.140 billion) and regional governments with S/3.610 billion (US$1.094 billion).
By levels
At central-government level, the Transport and Communications Ministry led the ranking having executed projects worth S/3.926 billion (about US$1.190 billion), followed by the Education Ministry with S/681 million (about US$206 million).
Concerning regional governments, La Libertad region executed public investment projects valued at S/419 million (about US$127 million).
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