New Measures to Boost Private InvestmentThursday, September 20, 2012 The Salvadoran government is promoting a series of measures that are part of the model called "New Cycle for Investment, Development and Employment" which seeks to give renewed impetus to private investment in the country. A press release from the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador reads: El Salvador: Investment Laws Stalled in AssemblyWednesday, January 23, 2013 Seven bills designed to encourage investment are still pending in the legislative committees of finance, treasury, and economy. Laprensagrafica.com reports that "The Legislative Assembly is about to close the first Legislative month of 2013 without having approved any of the reform initiatives and new laws proposed by the President, Mauricio Funes, to encourage investment. To date, the full Legislature has not yet voted on any of the seven initiatives in the hands of committees of finance, and economics. " There are Less Entrepreneurs in Costa RicaWednesday, May 27, 2015 While the ambition of being a state employee grows, in the last two years the number of start up enterprises or early-stage companies fell by 35%. The decrease was observed in all types of enterprises, both those in initial stages, when wages had been paid for less than three months, as well as those in the gestation phase, in which companies have paid salaries to employees for more than three months. Opportunity for Private Electricity Companies in Costa RicaTuesday, April 8, 2014 The president-elect has announced that if it is necessary he will change the restrictive approach on electricity generation by private companies promoted by the Citizens Action Party. So far the party of the newly elected president has postulated restricting power generation by private companies to a maximum of 15% of the total generated nationwide. Luis Guillermo Solís himself had declared he was "pro-ICE" in relation to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, the state company that dominates a quasi monopoly level of production of electricity. Governments Do Not Create WealthThursday, June 28, 2012 "What makes a country prosperous is not its resources but how productive it is. A country is not rich because of what it has but because of what it does with it " - Javier Simán. An analysis by Claudio M. Guatemala: Private Road to be Ready by 2020Monday, September 16, 2019 It is expected that the section of the Via Alterna del Sur that will connect the municipality of Villa Canales with Zone 21 of the Guatemalan capital will begin operating at the end of next year. The new section being built on the Via Alterna del Sur (VAS) will be about 7 kilometers long and will connect the municipality of Villa Canales with the Atanasio Tzul roadway in Guatemala City. $413 million in Projects for FOMILENIOTuesday, March 5, 2013 47 companies replied to the call by the Government of El Salvador to present investment projects supported by grant funds from FOMILENIO II. Elmundo.com.sv reports that the Salvadoran government "already has 47 expressions of interest to run future investment projects in the coastal zone of the country, as part of the second Fomilenio, which together amount to $413 million." Martinelli's Aggressive Economic PlanFriday, July 10, 2009 The State will invest $12 billion during the five years of the Martinelli administration, 7% of the expected GDP. In US Dollars, the projected public investment will triple the amount of the previous government, which invested 4.5% of the gross domestic product. |
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