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The Peruvian Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) will boost a program of incentives for Peruvians who emigrated abroad and that now want to return to the country so they can count on facilities for being integrated in the economic activity, mainly in sectors such as construction and tourism.

The head of this portfolio, Jorge Viillasante, indicated that this initiative would be part of contingency programs that the central government has been preparing in order to mitigate the effects of the world crisis.

“A main issue is to define what the government can do to make the return of Peruvians easier, now that countries where they reside are in crisis. This global situation leads us to plan policies that can provide development alternatives to those who return to the country”, he said.

It is possible to consider a program of incentives to direct Peruvians' investments to the most important economic activities for the country. “Construction and tourism are two sectors in which investment can be boosted”, he stated.

According to the report of Statistics of Peruvians Abroad, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005, the number of fellow countrymen that reside abroad fluctuates between 1.8 and 2.2 million.

Most of them are in the United States, followed by countries such as Argentina, Venezuela, Spain and Italy.