Guatemala: Recent Economic Developments - Supplementary Information

Publication Date:

September 15, 1998

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper describes economic developments in Guatemala during the 1990s. The paper discusses social and institutional expenditures of the peace program. The paper highlights that Guatemala’s illiteracy rate was approximately 44 percent in 1995, the second highest in Latin America. Illiteracy is much higher in the predominantly rural departments (about 65 percent), where the indigenous population is more heavily concentrated, than in Guatemala City (16 percent) and is much higher for women (46 percent) than for men (33 percent). The paper also discusses the tax system and trade regime in Guatemala.

Series:

Country Report No. 1998/072

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

September 15, 1998

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451816624/1934-7685

Stock No:

1GTMEA0021998

Pages:

60

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