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The project seeks to define and promote an integrated agenda for the Andean region that will enhance the competitiveness of the area's firms and industries, encourage environmentally sustainable growth, and significantly boost living conditions in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. By increasing competitiveness, the project aims to counter the widespread poverty, extreme income inequalities, and environmental degradation endemic in the region. An overarching goal of the project is to promote more fruitful connections between the Andean countries and the global economy, in part by lessening their dependence on natural resources and encouraging the development of knowledge-based production structures. The project also aims to improve CAF's ability to respond to the development needs of the region and enhance its ability to influence policy decisions. Transitions and Prospects for Democracy in Peru .