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Country Context: Where is El Salvador Today? 11  \nA Shifting and Challenging Context 11  \nKey Structural Factors 11  \nMacroeconomic Developments Before the COVID-19 Crisis 12  \nMacroeconomic and Fiscal Trends 12  \nPoverty and Equity Developments Before the COVID-19 Crisis 16  \nPoverty and Shared Prosperity 16  \nIncome Inequality 19  \nVulnerability to Poverty and Middle Class 19  \nThe COVID-19 Crisis and Prospects for Growth, Poverty, and Equity 20  \n2. Sources of Vulnerability and Emerging Priorities 22  \nHousehold Vulnerability: Fostering human capital accumulation, access to jobs, and strengthening the effectiveness of the social protection system 22  \nPriority Area 1: Fostering human capital accumulation 22  \nPriority Area 2: Promoting access to jobs 24  \nPriority Area 3: Strengthening the effectiveness of the social protection system 26  \nFirm Vulnerability: Fostering a more dynamic and competitive private sector by enhancing labor productivity, FDI, and trade integration 28  \nPriority Area 4: Enhancing private and public investment 28  \nPriority Area 5: Fostering a mo","cbCaimjiZ8hzGA8D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimjiZ8hzGA8D","pdf",3279958,1,145,"English","en",105,"# Overview\n## Context of the 2015 Systematic Country Diagnostic and Objectives of this Update\n## Prioritization Approach\n## Eight Priority Areas to Reduce Vulnerability and Begin Breaking the Vicious Circles\n## Setting Priorities: Tier 1 Challenges\n# 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