The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contrerasannounced this morning that the Executive will launch With Punche Peru 2. This set of measures will be implemented in the second half of the year, between July and December.
“It will have the same approach to reactivate the family economy, to reactivate the regions, to generate a reactivation of the productive sectors, thinking of sustaining the recovery that is already taking place, but also generating elements that allow the potential GDP, our growth capacity rises,” said Contreras during his participation in the “Works that unite us” event organized by ProInversión.
According to the official, the new initiatives will have a more social focus. This to reverse the growing trend of poverty that last year affected 27.5% of Peruvians. “Like most countries in the world, Peru has regressed nearly 10 years in terms of poverty reduction, which is why many of these measures are going to be focused on that, on generating policies that help reduce poverty. “, advanced Contreras.
The plan with Punche Perú 2 will also contemplate provisions that allow improving the country’s competitiveness, through regulatory improvements. In this sense, he announced that this week “some measures associated with the unlocking of mining projects, the reduction of pemisology and regulatory optimization will come out.”
The program will also continue to promote the growth of the naval industry and the port hub. “We want Peru to become the export platform of the Pacific,” he said. To this end, in addition to including a special public investment package for Callao, new resources will also be allocated to Chancay to complement the megaport’s infrastructure.
Source: Larepublica
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