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Economic Development Over the Long Run – Central America Since 1920

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

V. Bulmer-Thomas
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The development of Central America in recent decades presents a paradox. As measured by the growth of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head, the region's performance compares favourably with the rest of Latin America and other less developed countries (LDCs). At the same time, political convulsions have become more acute, and in no part of the isthmus – not even in Costa Rica – is political stability assured.

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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , November 1983 , pp. 269 - 294
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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