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Article: The reformer.(Trade Talk)(El Salvador risk-rating improved)(Interview)
- Article from:
- Revista Latin Trade
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Juan Josh Daboub, El Salvador's Finance Minister, is not one to take a perceived insult lightly. A New York risk-ratings service had graded El Salvador lower in rule of law than Cuba--so he went to their offices to demand a change. He got it. Risk ratings matter. El Salvador is campaigning to convince the investment world that its years of war chaos are well behind it and that the country not only needs jobs but is a good place to put them. Daboub talks with LATIN TRADE Editor-in-Chief Greg Brown about turning it all around.
How have things changed in your country?
El Salvador, as you know, ended its armed conflicts and began a new history in which a ...