In the past year, foreign direct investment represented only 0.41% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Details of foreign investment ranking in relation to GDP in 2010, conducted by the Latin Business Chronicle, position El Salvador in front of Ecuador (0.28%) and Venezuela (-0.48%) alone.
"The data confirms, once again, that the country is at the back of the line in terms of economic development, and that the legal and political uncertainty coupled with crime are putting the brakes on recovery." stated an article in Elsalvador.com
This is the amount that the Salvadoran Foundation for Social and Economic Development recommends getting in the contingency credit.
According to a report published yesterday by the foundation "we must urge the Central Reserve (BCR) to negotiate a contingency fund of $1 billion from the IMF, making use of the new line of credit that the Bank has opened.