01663cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000702 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451816624 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Guatemala : Recent Economic Developments - Supplementary Information. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (60 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper describes economic developments in Guatemala during the 1990s. The paper discusses social and institutional expenditures of the peace program. The paper highlights that Guatemala's illiteracy rate was approximately 44 percent in 1995, the second highest in Latin America. Illiteracy is much higher in the predominantly rural departments (about 65 percent), where the indigenous population is more heavily concentrated, than in Guatemala City (16 percent) and is much higher for women (46 percent) than for men (33 percent). The paper also discusses the tax system and trade regime in Guatemala. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1998/072 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1998/072/002.1998.issue-072-en.xml IMF e-Library