The delay in publication of the database obtained from the Survey on Living Standards in Nicaragua in 2014 is another example of the difficulty in accessing and viewing in timely manner information which is in the hands of state officials.
Being informed is essential for decision-making in any aspect of life, especially in the field of business. However, it is a common problem in the region to find serious resistance in many state offices to deliver information that, if it´s disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law, should be available to the public.
In Guatemala economic operators do not have the necessary facilities for access to public information to be used as input for their business decisions.
With the aim of finding out about progress made in the implementation of the Law on Access to Information, Citizen Action, and Transparency International evaluated the performance of websites and the information units during 2013.
The government has started a consultation process in order to define an updated measurement system for national data, governed by an independent body.
From a press release by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The Minister of Economy, Armando Flores, the Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Alexander Segovia and the representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in El Salvador, Rodrigo Parot, inaugurated a forum on a new statistics system which the Government of El Salvador wishes to implement. The two-day event will include the participation of experts in the field, from Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Government and private industry decision-making is being seriously compromised by lack of statistical information and unreliable economic, social and environmental indicators.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), the population of Costa Rica amounts to 4,506,000 people, whereas the Social Security Fund (CCSS) cites 4,562,000, and ECLAC 4,639,000.
Production of Panamanian macroeconomic information is subject to delays, affecting the decision-making capability of businesses.
Currently the production of the information is the responsibility of the National Comptroller's Office, which does not have sufficient resources to cope.
Edith Catillo Durate, in her article for Prensa.com, writes that, “Macroeconomic information is currently available up to May although some segments are subject to longer delays”.
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