the report presents a series of statistics and relevant findings on key demographic, social, economic, environmental and regional policies.
From the introduction:
This document is a tool for Central American societies which can be used for monitoring, analysis and constructing knowledge about the advances and letdowns in sustainable human development in the region during the first decade of the century.
National and provincial statistics have been released from the 2011 Census on the major geographic features as migration, demographic, social, economic, educational and housing.
A statement from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) reads:
INEC publishes provincial indicators
The publication provides insight into the similarities and differences between the provinces, beginning with a section on national indicators and followed by seven points on provincial data (one per province), from which it was discovered that from the 4,301,712 inhabitants, distributed in the 51,100 square kilometers of territory, there are 84 people per km2, showing that the population density has increased by 9 people in the last intercensal period (2000-2011).
Main conclusions regarding the Central American economy between 2008 and 2011.
The State of the Region Report is a tool by Central America for Central America, which analyzes and tracks the major challenges of sustainable human development. In this fourth report, the titles of the main conclusions on the topic Economy are presented:
- Intra-regional migration is concentrated between Nicaragua and Costa Rica
The lack of government capacity and economic power disadvantage compared to the drug industry, has lead to an increase in violence and corruption.
"Using systematic violence and corruption, intimidation and extortion of public officials, the wealthy and powerful criminal groups have been able to weaken police and judicial systems. They often use violence to threaten or punish anonymous complainants.
In the Global Human Development Index 2010, Panama is ranked 54, Costa Rica 62, El Salvador 90, Honduras 106, Nicaragua and Guatemala 115 and 116 respectively.
The Central American countries, like others in Latin America, continue to improve in most variables measuring human development and the HDI Program published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Crime, armed robbery, burglaries and carjackings are part of life for a third of Costa Rican households.
In the 1990s the populations of Central American countries were increasingly being threatened by waves of crime that made family life difficult. Children and young people's activities are restricted, whether by day or night, due to the risk of assaults and thefts of cell phones, school bags and laptops.
Costs related to crime in El Salvador top $1.2 billion each year, or 5.4% of the Gross Domestic Product.
The business sector spends $600 million a year hiring private security services, losses for theft reach $300 million, and the state spends an additional $300 million in hospital and emergency costs.
Jorge Daboub, president of the Commerce and Industry Chamber, told Laprensagrafica.com that the real cost is even higher, as "it is impossible to add extortion to the figures, as most business owners are afraid to denounce them for fear of being punished by criminals".
Costa Rica, along with Chile and Uruguay, is one of three Latin American countries with level 2 (1 = best, 5 = worst), according to the index developed by FTI Consulting.
With a 3 index, Panama ranks among the safest in Latin America.
The index measures the level of danger to the security of corporations and foreign executives based on the number of homicides and other factors, according to official information from public security institutions, NGOs and criminal research institutes.
A realistic look at the challenges of sustainable human development in Central America.
How is Central America doing?
A realistic look at the present and future.
The State of the Region Report is an instrument from Central America and for Central America. It purpose is to provide a follow-up to the challenges of sustainable human development in the region. It seeks to offer information and analysis the Central Americans with the objective of: