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The World Bank In El Salvador

Economic growth in El Salvador reached 2.4 percent in 2016. It was mainly driven by external factors, including a significant decline in oil imports and remittances.

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Fiscal Adjustment in Latin America

After a growth slowdown that lasted six years LAC region has resumed growth at a modest rate of 1.1 percent in 2017.

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Internal Climate Migration

Internal climate migrants are rapidly becoming the human face of climate change.

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energy through renewables

Central America is progressively increasing the participation of unconventional renewable energy in their power generation.

El Salvador At-A-Glance

Economic growth in El Salvador reached 2.4 percent in 2016. This growth was mainly driven by external factors, including a significant decline in oil imports, which fell by US$262 million, and remittances, which increased by US$306 million from 2015 to reach US$4,576 million (or 17.1 percent of GDP).

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