Sustainable Development in Central America: The Challenges of Violence, Injustice and Insecurity

Abstract

Experts have recently recognized the need to address problems of violence, insecurity and injustice in order to advance processes of socio-economic development. In addition to their obvious harm to everyday human life, violence and insecurity carry economic costs, pose dangers to democratization, pose health burdens, and threaten whatever social fabric exists. In Central America, violence and insecurity are especially pertinent to medium- and long-term development.