Investing in Peru Peru is a diverse country with multinational people and ecology. It has struggled over the years with social reforms and multiple wars. Over the past decade, the government has allowed several foreign countries to invest in businesses that profit from the availability of the country's natural resources. It is the best time for a multinational to invest in a growing economy that would benefit from these resources; the country would also benefit from creating multi-sector job growth that would help stimulate the local economy, as many Peruvians remain in poverty. Peru Peru proclaimed its independence from Spain on July 28, 1871. Independence was not actually claimed until December 1824. Although they had gained independence, they were still in conflict with Chile and Ecuador regarding the perimeter of their countries , which ended peacefully in court in 2014. Peru is one of the largest countries in the world. The 512,000 square miles are divided into three main regions; the coast, the Amazon jungle and the Andes (Encyclopedia of Nations staff, 2014). The Amazon covers most of the country, but is the least inhabited. Peru also has coastlines that represent about a tenth of the country's surface area and are highly inhabited in recent years. The Andean highlands make up about a third of the country's surface area, it is a sparsely inhabited area. It is one of the most ecologically diverse countries in the world. According to [The World Factbook, July 2014] Peru's population is 30,147,935, ranking 43rd in the world (Central Intelligence Agency staff, 2014). People over the age of 55 represent only 14% of the population. Most of the country's... paper sector... caters to the Latin American market. Retrieved June 27, 2014, from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2014-05-16/tcl-breaks-latin-american-marketThe Economist staff. (2012, October 6). Searching Google. Retrieved June 27, 2014, from The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/21564265Trading Economics staff. (2014, June 28). Peru Credit Rating. Retrieved June 28, 2014, from Trading Economics: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/peru/ratingU.S. Department of State. (n.d.). Constitution, government and legislation. Retrieved June 1, 2014, from Jurist Legal Intelligence: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/peru.htmUNDP - United Nations Development Program. (2013). The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Different World. Retrieved June 27, 2014, from UNDP - United Nations Development Programme: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/PER.pdf