Part one of term paper
's gross domestic product in the late 1980s was $19.6 billion, or about $920 per capita. Although the economy remains primarily agricultural, the mining and fishing industries have become increasingly important. relies primarily on the export of raw materials—chiefly minerals, farm products, and fish meal—to earn foreign exchange for imp ...

Part two of term paper
... and allowed the inti, the national currency, to float against the United States dollar. About 35 percent of Peru's working population is engaged in farming. Most of the coastal area is devoted to the raising of export crops; on the montañ a and the sierra are mainly grown crops for local consumption. Many farms in Peru are very small and are used to produce subsistence crops; the country also has large cooperative farms. The chief agricultural products, together with the approximate annual yiel ...