The Better Coffee Harvest project (Cosechemos Más Café), a four-year, $3.9 million initiative funded by USAID, the J.M. Smucker Company and the U.S.-based PIMCO Foundation, and implemented by TechnoServe, will help 6,000 Central American smallholder coffee farmers (4,000 in Nicaragua and 2,000 in El Salvador) to increase coffee productivity through improved agronomic practices and by countering the impacts of leaf rust.
USAID’s $3 million Promotion of Journalism and Freedom of Expression project provides tools that empower journalists to develop safe investigative reporting skills that will spark public dialogue in the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Through its Central America and Mexico (CAM) Regional Program, USAID works with the governments of the region, the private sector and local organizations towards the shared goal of a prosperous, transparent and safe Central America region.
According to the General Statistics and Census Directorate (2005 data), 99.6 percent of businesses, 47 percent of domestic sales and 36 percent of jobs in El Salvador are generated by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Under the Partnership for Growth Presidential Initiative, the SME Development Program works with both government and private sector institutions to helps small and medium enterprises in El Salvador have greater access to business development services, increase productivity and competitiveness, and expand operations in local and export markets.
Taxes provide income that the government needs to invest in education, health, infrastructure, and other social programs. Thus, in order for all Salvadorans to benefit from the income generated by trade and economic development, an efficient and fair tax system is essential.
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