Peru to Help Finance $7 Billion of Projects to Spur Economy
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Peru’s government will help provide financing for $7 billion of private infrastructure projects to boost investment after economic growth sagged last year.
The Andean nation approved requests from companies to partially finance 22 projects in industries including transportation, health care and education, Finance Minister Alonso Segura told Radio Programas. Peru will award the contracts to design, build and operate the infrastructure over the next 18 months, he said. He didn’t specify what percentage of projects the government would support financially.