Post 2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future
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NEPAL<br />
RWANDA<br />
COTE D’IVOIRE<br />
PERU<br />
ECONOMIC<br />
GROWTH<br />
2001<br />
Average <strong>an</strong>nual GDP<br />
growth rate between<br />
2001 <strong>an</strong>d 2011 was only<br />
2011<br />
2008<br />
BETWEEN 2008-2012<br />
GROWTH IN REAL<br />
GDP AVERAGED<br />
PER YEAR<br />
2012<br />
2008-2010<br />
6.4%<br />
ANNUAL<br />
GDP<br />
GROWTH<br />
2001<br />
Average <strong>an</strong>nual<br />
GDP growth rate was<br />
5.8%<br />
Peru had the region’s<br />
highest GDP growth <strong>an</strong>d<br />
lowest inflation.<br />
Now considered<br />
a UMIC.<br />
2011<br />
ECONOMIC<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
TRADE<br />
Growth in imports is<br />
much higher, leading to<br />
consistent trade deficits.<br />
IMPORTS<br />
Main trading partner:<br />
India (far ahead), China,<br />
EU, Singapore <strong>an</strong>d USA.<br />
DEFICIT<br />
Growth in imports is<br />
much higher, leading to<br />
consistent trade deficits.<br />
IMPORTS<br />
Main trading partner:<br />
China, Switzerl<strong>an</strong>d, EU<br />
DEFICIT<br />
Côte d’Ivoire had a trade<br />
surplus of 15% of GDP<br />
in 2011. This is partly<br />
driven by its wordwide<br />
leading position in<br />
cocoa exports.<br />
Main trading partner:<br />
EU<br />
SURPLUS<br />
Peru has enjoyed a<br />
surplus in its bal<strong>an</strong>ce of<br />
trade <strong>for</strong> most of the<br />
past 8 years.<br />
IMPORTS<br />
Main trading partners:<br />
EU, China, USA, Brazil<br />
<strong>an</strong>d Chile.<br />
SURPLUS<br />
EMPLOYMENT CAPITAL<br />
FLOWS<br />
LACK OF<br />
SKILLED<br />
LABOUR.<br />
46%<br />
unemployed in 2008.<br />
M<strong>an</strong>y people choose<br />
to work abroad.<br />
Majority of population<br />
working in subsistence<br />
agriculture.<br />
Underemployment is the<br />
central issue. Skilled<br />
labour is scarce.<br />
Unemployment<br />
Increase<br />
6.4% 15.7%<br />
2002 2008<br />
Youth unemployment<br />
(25-34 years) was at<br />
17.5% in 2008.<br />
Most employed in the<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mal sector.<br />
UNEMPLOYMENT<br />
RATES<br />
On a downward<br />
slope while active<br />
population grows.<br />
Nepal is among the worst<br />
per<strong>for</strong>ming countries in<br />
attracting FDI.<br />
However,FDI approvals<br />
have increased since<br />
2006/07.<br />
Rw<strong>an</strong>da is one of the<br />
best per<strong>for</strong>mers in the<br />
World B<strong>an</strong>k Doing<br />
Business Indicators, but<br />
continues to struggle to<br />
attract FDI. The outlook<br />
<strong>for</strong> 2011/12 was positive.<br />
Slow growth in private<br />
investment 1996-2011:<br />
FDI growth of 0.47%.<br />
Declining EU share<br />
of investment<br />
38.71% 17.57%<br />
1996-2003 2003-2011<br />
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71%<br />
2001<br />
54.6%<br />
2010<br />
However, rate of<br />
underemployment<br />
is high.<br />
Highest investment / GDP<br />
ratio of the LA7 countries.<br />
1995<br />
US$5.05<br />
billion<br />
2011<br />
US$22<br />
billion<br />
The FDI stock represented<br />
9.8% of total GDP. Spain,<br />
UK <strong>an</strong>d USA were the main<br />
investors.<br />
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