Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP)

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Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP)

The Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP, the National Confederation of Private Enterprise Institutions) was founded in 1984 by seven associations with the principal objective of "reinforcing the private enterprise system" in Peru. CONFIEP became a force to be reckoned with in 1987 when it prevented the nationalization of the financial system and increased the number of its member associations to twenty. As the chief spokesperson for the Peruvian private sector, CONFIEP holds regular talks with governments, political parties, trade unions, and other civic organizations. Its influence has diminished somewhat since three of its founding member associations withdrew in 1998. Moreover, as the Peruvian economy has become more involved in the global economy, the government has tended to discuss issues more frequently and closely with foreign companies.

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Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas. "Primer Congreso Nacional de la Empresa Privada: Conclusiones y propuestas integrales." Working paper, 1986.

Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas. La empresa privada y el orden constitucional. Lima: Author, 1988.

Durand, Francisco. Los empresarios y la concertación. Lima: Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1987.

Durand, Francisco. "Collective Action and the Empowerment of Peruvian Business." In Organized Business, Economic Change, and Democracy in Latin America, ed. Francisco Durand and Eduardo Silva. Miami, FL: North-South Center, 1998.

Levaggi, Virgilio. "The Role of Formal Business Organizations in Latin America." Workshopon Market Reforms and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington, DC, 1993.

Levaggi, Virgilio. Organizaciones empresariales en América Latina. Lima: Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas, 1994.

                                       Francisco Durand

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