What is it about?
This is a cross-sectional study focusing on public policy in the seven nations of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Outcomes are evaluated in terms of public wellbeing.
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Why is it important?
The results suggest that there is no relationship between public wellbeing and two measures of public policy: gender equality and the number of roads in a country. But there is evidently a relationship between public wellbeing and the remaining seven measures of public policy: economic freedom, corporate taxation, corruption, trade, tourism, the number of whites in a country, and fertility.
Perspectives
According to the trend indicator, fertility, the outlook for the region is not bright. And the implications for the United States are similarly ominous especially with respect to the smuggling of illicit drugs and illegal aliens and with regard to the security of “American” tourists and the “Panamanian” canal. So the practical significance of this research is not confined to Central America.
Kern Craig
Troy University
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This page is a summary of: Public Policy in Central America: An Empirical Analysis, Public Administration Research, September 2013, Canadian Center of Science and Education,
DOI: 10.5539/par.v2n2p105.
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