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Desregulación municipal en El Salvador: implicaciones institucionales, fiscales y de la ciudadanía

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article is a study on municipal deregulation in El Salvador and its impact on local government, analyzed from an institutional perspective, public finance, and its effects on the municipal population during the period from 2020 to 2023.It draws on reforms to regulatory frameworks, the enactment of new laws, the creation of new municipal entities, as well as fiscal indicators and signs of citizen impacts. The latter is examined through targeted press monitoring focused on the attributions of local governments. The study argues that, at the municipal level, there is evidence of a structural adjustment characterized by declining revenues and expenditures, rising debt, and adverse effects on the living conditions of the municipal population. Furthermore, there are strong indications of growing territorial inequality in El Salvador.

Source: ECA Estudios Centroamericanos

DOI: 10.51378/eca.v80i783.9813

Authors: Claudia Melissa Salgado Rodríguez, Daniel Armando Serrano Alfaro

Institution: Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas

Topic: Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4415826788

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