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2 November, 2009 10:50:03

Can Worker Reform Improve Public Transportation?

By
Nathan Paluck


Inca ruins aren't what first awe visitors to Peru. Nor the fresh ceviche.

It's the traffic.

In a constant flow of what appears to be near accidents, vehicles in Lima jostle for position, sneak across boulevards and dart in and out of roundabouts. To cross a street on foot, pedestrians often run.

Often named as culprits for the chaos are the buses, vans and drivers that comprise Lima's privately-owned public transportation system. In a 2008 poll, "the problem of pubic transportation" was cited as Lima's second biggest problem. Bus drivers have been called "barbarians" by the established press.   

"We all know there's a problem and we blame the [bus] drivers," sociologist Claudia Bielich told LivingInPeru over the phone. "My idea was to find out why they drive like they do."

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27 October, 2009 17:49:40

TechoServe: Business Solutions for Rural Poverty

LivinginPeru.com

TechnoServe has been operating in Peru since 1982 and has successfully executed various types of business projects on a national level. TechnoServe’s team possesses the technical and managerial expertise to support entrepreneurial endeavors that generate employment, increase incomes, and promote economic growth.

The primary strategy of TechnoServe is to identify and capitalize on good business ideas in high-potential markets that help to transform the lives of the rural poor. The organization continually searches for opportunities to strengthen regional growth in both national and international markets.

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24 October, 2009 19:49:48

Peru: Business Week In Review (Oct 19-23)

By
Nathan Paluck
  • Energy Ministry reserves two sites for petrochemical investment
  • Chinese firm Minmetals will extract at Cajamarca mine by 2012
  •  Grupo El Comercio looks to increase exports with new $US 12 million press

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21 October, 2009 09:54:38

Gretel Castro: I Took a Gamble on Love

By Antonio Orjeda
For
El Comercio

She went off to Paris in love where her husband supported her in everything that she did. A decade later, they have returned to Peru. She, at the wheel of her company, is supporting him while he adapts.

She decided to come back for the sake of her children. Gretel Castro had everything in Paris: happily married, she was the right arm of Antoine Fauger, a successful entrepreneur dedicated to the import of fresh fruit and vegetables. He directed A.M.S. European when Gretel decided that her children were missing the family warmth in the midst of which she had grown up. Fauger was not willing to let her go so he proposed that they open A.M.S. Latina here in Peru and he put her in charge of the operation. She will close her second year with over a million dollars in sales.

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5 October, 2009 13:03:33

Time to Pay Taxes: Do it on Time and Avoid Serious Inconveniences

By Amarando Cueto Luna
For
El Comercio

Declaration and payment of taxes is a monthly obligation in Peru. Nowadays, citizens are more aware of the importance of taxes for the country’s development. The idea that money collected from taxes is wasted on counterproductive state expenditures, such as supporting an inefficient bureaucracy, has gradually faded. The general belief that tax payment is a sanction and a disbursement of a hard earned salary has been abandoned by the vast majority of the population.

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30 September, 2009 11:00:58

Joseph Stiglitz: “Latin America should avoid market fundamentalism”

By Rafael Mathus
For
El Comercio

The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, on September 15th, 2008, marked the end of the USA’s economic supremacy, according to the Nobel Prize winner of economics, Joseph Stiglitz. He believes that the crisis is not over, and that Latin America has to avoid certain types of fundamentalism. He says that the economy of the United States is in the shape of a “U,” but that certain precautions need to be taken in order to prevent the shape from transforming into a “W.” Read his recommendations in the following interview.

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21 September, 2009 11:15:33

Andean Synergy

By
Diego de la Torre
President of the Global Pact in Peru


Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychoanalyst, authored a study which concluded that the American collective subconscious, despite its predominantly white demographics, was actually highly influenced by the “red-skin” component. For example, North American representations of heroes, who possess a keen competitive spirit, are Indian and not European in origin. If we study the legends and rites of different American Indian cultures, we find impressive similarities with Superman, Capitan America and the competitive edge of US businesses and athletes. 

If this is the case in Anglo-Saxon America, just imagine the influence that Andean culture has had, both overtly and latently, in the Peruvian subconscious. Spanish chroniclers of the conquest have provided eloquent testimony to the greatness of the Inca Empire, particularly in terms of its work ethic, emphasis on mutual help and organizational capacity.

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15 September, 2009 17:41:49

A Few Words with US Immigration Lawyer Marc Prokosch

by
Ben Jonjak

Although we all know that Peru is one of the greatest countries in the world and has everything a person could ever want, there are occasions when people are forced to travel in order to visit friends or relatives living abroad.  Unfortunately, Peru is one of those countries where there seem to be additional difficulties involved with getting a visa.  In order to give our readers a resource to help them with visa questions, LivinginPeru.com is proud to bring you these words with Immigration Lawyer Marc Prokosch of Karam Law, a reputable Law firm in the US.

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11 September, 2009 16:20:02

Courier Companies Experience Sustained Growth

Taken From El Comercio

After the decentralization of different services in Peru, such as  commercial development in the provinces, the market for courier services experienced sustained growth. According to Gonzalo Gulman, executive president of the company of mass messaging “Urbano Express,” more opportunities exist for the sector, such as the transportation of documents or the delivery of a light load. In this sense, Gulman expressed that one of the strongest areas of messaging, direct marketing, has pushed the sector ahead, due to the grater access of sectors C and D to consumer credits.

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26 August, 2009 11:01:23

Peru in Copenhagen

by
Diego de la Torre
President of the Global Compact in Peru

It is untrue that a dichotomy exists between a green economy and development, in particular in emerging economies. A few days ago, the British Government brought together a group of individuals from Chile, Argentina and Peru. During our discussions, we agreed that enormous potential exists to develop new green industries and that models for this purpose need not be based on technologies and priorities generated in the Northern hemisphere.

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