The economic history of the Republic of El Salvador
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- Opinions on the government's economic
plan
- Proceso, 15 February 1995. The University
Public Opinion Institute (IUDOP) of the Central American
University (UCA) conducted a public opinion
survey. Socio-economic impact of President Calderon
Sol's economic plan and privatization.
- Factory Owners in El Salvador Announce
Their Own Code; CISPES Launches ‘Pledge for Workers Rights’
- Campaign for Labor Rights Action Alerts, 8 August
1998. Two days after the U.S. White House announced the
the President's Task Force on Sweatshops, the
Salvadoran clothing manufacturers' association ASIC
announced its own
Code of Conduct
with terms
similar to the U.S. agreement, but imposed unilaterally
without apparent union or labor rights participation. Both
the U.S. code and the ASIC codes represent an advance, but
the standards and the enforcement mechanism are weak.
- Tax-free industrial parks or national
industry
- Processo, 1 July 1998. An overview of the
maquila industry. Since the 1970's, the creation of
tax-free industrial parks has been a priority of the
government in encouraging industry. The aim has been to
stimulate foreign investment in export goods businesses
that are exempt from taxes and, at the end of the
1990's, are dedicated almost exclusively the export of
clothing for the U.S. market. It displaced traditional
industrial sectors and agricultural exports as the
principal sources of production and export goods.