Growing public concerns about high crime levels and the apparent success of El Salvador in reducing levels of violence are making law and order a key issue in Latin America’s busy electoral calendar. High crime rates exert a heavy social and economic cost on the region – by our estimates, it reduces Latin America’s potential GDP growth by ~0.25%-pts. But it’s an extremely complex issue, success in tackling crime is far from guaranteed, and it’s only one part of the region’s growth problem.
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