El Salvador’s first competition law took effect on 1 January 2006. The law, following some important amendments in 2007, is sound in most respects. It employs enforcement standards that are consistent with best practices in the worldwide competition community. It provides the new competition...

Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic for the past twenty years. Fiscal benefits are among the policies that have been used to attract it. At first sight the model followed has been fruitful. In 2013 the...

El presente perfil del sector municipal en El Salvador describe la estructura administrativa del Estado, el marco normativo y la organización municipal, las responsabilidades municipales de gasto y de ingreso, presenta una síntesis de la transferencia nacional a los municipios así como el...

Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from New York.

Desde 1996, el dinámico crecimiento económico que experimentó El Salvador en la primera mitad de los años 90 ha disminuido. Este trabajo intenta explicar los orígenes de esta desaceleración económica. Particularmente aborda, entre otros temas, el efecto de la apreciación cambiaria, la...

Results and analysis of a poll on the remittance senders (Mexico and Central America)

Presentación que da a conocer la situación de los migrantes salvadoreños en Estados Unidos. Asimismo, brinda una propuesta para fomentar el uso productivo de las remesas.

Analysis in four Central American and Caribbean countries (El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala) of the government involvement in promoting an enabling environment conducive to economic exchange between immigrants residing in the United States and their homeland.