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.
The survey entitled 'Encuesta de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples 2012 ' (Multipurpose Household Survey) 2012 provides statistics on the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households in the country.
From a presentation by the EHPM:
The main results of the Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPMby its initials in Spanish) for the year 2012, have been presented by the Ministry of Economy.
The brain drain phenomenon is compromising the future of El Salvador.
Limited employment opportunities, high rates of crime and delinquency, corruption, highly elevated cost of living, and heavy tax burdens are responsible for the leakage of the "most prepared."
Citing the political opinion of Mexican Benito Juárez "Free, and to my mind, sacred, is the right to think ...
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).
The region places between 56 and 125 in the world in harnessing information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs).
To calculate the placement, three areas were taken into account: Environment, Preparedness and Use. Environment measures the degree to which the country's general atmosphere promotes the development of ICTs, measuring factors such as market infrastructure and regulation.
In Central America, the World Economic Forum places Costa Rica first (32 in the world), Panama (34), Honduras (47), El Salvador (58), Nicaragua (71) and Guatemala (112).
The Global Gender Gap Index scores can be interpreted as the percentage of the gap between women and men that has been closed. The three highest ranking countries have closed a little over 80% of their gender gaps, while the lowest ranking country has closed only a little over 45% of its gender gap. Out of the 128 countries covered in both 2007 and 2008, more than two-thirds have posted gains in overall index scores, indicating that the world in general has made progress towards equality between men and women. Additionally, taking averages across the subindexes for these 128 countries reveals that, globally, progress has been made on narrowing the gaps in educational attainment, political empowerment and economic participation, while the gap in health has widened.
Over the last 15 years, El Salvador's economy has become predominantly service-based, according to the national census.
Primary and secondary production no longer hold sway, the census shows. Some 37.6 percent of the nations jobs are now in services and a further 22.3 percent in commerce. Farming accounts for 16.6 percent of employment, industry 15.8 percent, and construction 7.6 percent.