Peru has thus completed eight years (66 months) of uninterrupted growth. Construction, retailing and services were the most dynamic sectors in 2006 having expanded 14.74%, 12.11% and 8.25%.

A flute-playing ex-banker with a man-sized guinea pig for a mascot, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77, is now Peru's president-elect, after Keiko Fujimori conceded defeat in the presidential vote.