El Salvador Inaugurates Economic Data Center

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Rafael Barrientos, Director of Information Technology at the Ministry explained that, "the database will be fed by daily, monthly, quarterly and annually series measuring economic trends and behaviours".

The database will include economic data from field personnel monitoring the work of institutions such as El Salvador's National Water and Sewage Authority (ANDA) to enable users to access key water metrics.

Source: elsalvador.com

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