This publication was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC).
The report was coordinated by Delphine Clavreul and Jose Enrique Garcilazo, under the supervision of Dorothee Allain-Dupré, Head of the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division of CFE. Marcos Diaz Ramirez and Eric Gonnard drafted Chapters 1 and 2, under the supervision of Ana Moreno Monroy. Jose Enrique Garcilazo and Oscar Huerta Melchor drafted Chapter 3. Miquel Vidal Bover drafted Chapters 4, 5 and 6, under the supervision of Isabelle Chatry. Alex Seemann provided important written contributions throughout the report. The authors wish to thank Gandia Robertson and Ignacio Mansilla in the OECD Legal Department for editorial input, and Elena Arcones Sanjuan for the administrative support. Jack Waters, Publications Coordinator (OECD), prepared the report for publication.
The OECD Secretariat is grateful for the high-level political impetus and commitment from the Vice Ministry of Territorial Governance. Special thanks are herein conveyed to the Peruvian local team from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, led by Mabel Gálvez, Secretary of Decentralisation, as well as Vanessa Cárdenas, Aldo Prieto, Geraldine Mouchard, Carlos Meza Dextre, Rodrigo Montoya and Karen Sandoval for the excellent coordination and collaboration throughout the review. The Report also benefited from inputs and comments from the Permanent Mission of Peru to the International Economic Organisations in Paris, especially Minister Counsellor Gerald Pajuelo Ponce, Minister Luis Mayaute Vargas.
The report benefited from valuable insights collected during a series of webinars organised with a wide range of Peruvian stakeholders in May 2024, and during the Secretariat’s fact-finding mission to Peru in July 2024, including senior officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport, the National Institute of Statistics, the National Agency for Register and Cadastre, the National Agency for Impact Assessment and Economic Studies, the National Centre for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN), National Authority of Innovation, National Authority of Civil Service (SERVIR), the Association of Municipalities of Peru, the National Association of Regional Governors, the Association of Female Mayors of Peru, and local authorities and stakeholders including, the Governor of Piura, the Deputy Mayor of Lima, the Mayor of Catacaos, chambers of commerce of Piura, the Regional Development Agency of Piura, members of the Regional Government of Piura, Association of Producers of Piura, civil society groups of Piura and craft associations in Catacaos.