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Commissioned by FUSADES (Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social), the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development. Part of the project “A National Development Agenda for El Salvador” (headed by Ricardo Hausmann, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University).