OECD Territorial Reviews: Peru 2016 (eBook)

Foreword 4
Acknowledgements 6
Table of contents 8
Acronyms and abbreviations 14
Executive summary 16
Assessment and recommendations 18
Chapter 1. Regional development trends and statistics 30
Peru’s macroeconomic performance 32
Growth drivers and bottlenecks at a national level 38
Regions, cities and rural areas: Moving beyond averages 47
How are Peru’s regions performing? 59
Growth factors and bottlenecks at a regional level 69
Notes 91
Bibliography 92
Annex 1.A1. Peru’s administrative and statistical definitions 97
Annex 1.A2. Geographic Concentration Index 98
Chapter 2. Implementing a regional approach to national economic development 100
Introduction 102
The OECD regional approach and assessing Peru’s regional policy framework 103
Macroeconomic policies and their impacts on regions 122
Better linking national sectoral and innovation policies with a regional development agenda 132
Recommendations 158
Notes 160
Bibliography 161
Chapter 3. Urban and rural development policies 168
Introduction 170
Urban development and policies 171
Rural development and policies 193
Lessons from OECD countries for improving rural development policy 214
Recommendations 222
Notes 224
Bibliography 225
Chapter 4. Enabling a regional approach: Governance and financial reforms 230
Introduction 233
Decentralisation and governance in Peru 233
Roles and responsibilities between levels of government are not clear 238
Subnational revenues and borrowing 249
Subnational expenditures 272
Key findings and recommendations 283
Notes 291
Bibliography 291
Annex A. Functions assigned to subnational governments 300