Peru

A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Peru to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities and challenges faced by …

Estela is a graduate of our Mentoring Women in Business Programme who participated between May 2019 and May 2020. Six months on from graduation, we caught up with Estela on her treasured experience.

Latin America is a region characterized by creativity and constant transformation where entrepreneurial activities have spawned not just out of a necessity to generate income but also out of opportunity and driven by eco…

On October 14, 2020, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), in partnership with Kunan Peru Plataforma Peruana de Emprendimiento Socio Ambiental and the APEC Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of …

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up the lion’s share of businesses in the Asia Pacific. Across the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc, MSMEs represent 97 per cent of all businesses a…

A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Peru to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities and challenges faced by …

This study examines the existing landscape of social entrepreneurship in Peru. We describe the on-the-ground situation of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country, the resources available, the policies recomm…

This paper investigates how public policies regarding MSMEs in Peru enable a favourable environment for businesses in mining regions. Furthermore, it considers how MSME policies in Peru support social entrepreneurship (S…

A scan of the literature on social entrepreneurship in Peru presents a paradox: higher-than-average levels of entrepreneurship and yet a comparatively underdeveloped social entrepreneurship and impact investing ecosystem…

On September 14, 2019, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership hosted a one-day training introduced relevant best practices for entrepreneurs and MSMEs through presentations by Canadian and Peruvian trainers on busi…

On May 15, 2019, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership hosted a one-day research and policy workshop in Lima, Peru which brought together Canadian and Peruvian researchers, policy-makers, and local entrepreneurs t…

A research report that situates the importance of the agri-food sector with respect to key contextual crosscutting and strategic issues, by providing findings from three APEC economies (Vietnam, the Philippines, and Peru…