El Salvador - GFDRR
El Salvador - GFDRR
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IV. ECONOMIC IMPACT | 111<br />
deterioration that would need to be propped up in order to avoid malnutrition as well as a possible<br />
increase in violence and other associated problems.<br />
Using as a basis the relationship existing between the labor force of each sector of economic activity<br />
and gross production under normal operating conditions of the economy, temporary losses of workdays<br />
resulting from the production losses estimated in Chapter 2 were assessed. For each sector, this made it<br />
possible to estimate both the years/person that were lost and the income not earned by those working in<br />
these sectors. In addition, using the average salaries of each sector, paid to men and women, total income<br />
losses experienced by the affected persons were estimated (see Table 44).<br />
The previous estimates indicate that men and women have lost an amount of income equivalent to<br />
US$18.4 million, which represent the value that programs to generate personal income should replace, referring<br />
to the period between November of this year and May or June of 2010. The highest income losses<br />
occur in the agricultural and livestock sector, followed by the commercial and service sectors. In general,<br />
men lose the highest amount of income, compared to women; however, women lose more income in the<br />
commercial and service sectors. This is due to the existing ratio between the number of workers of each<br />
sex in the sectors analyzed (see again Table 44 and Graph 12).<br />
Item<br />
TABLE 44.ESTIMATE OF JOB AND PERSONAL INCOME LOSSES CAUSED<br />
BY THE DISASTER IN EL SALVADOR<br />
Agriculture,<br />
livestock and<br />
fishing<br />
Economic activity sectors<br />
Manufacturing<br />
Commerce and<br />
Services<br />
Number of workers 438,988 400,890 677,590<br />
Men 391,377 201,454 271,590<br />
Women 47,611 199,436 406,000<br />
Average salaries, US$/year<br />
Men 1,722.5 3,422.3 3,859.7<br />
Women 1,269.0 2,306.3 2,795.3<br />
Job losses, years/person 6,132 315 2, 252 8,699<br />
Men 5,467 158 902<br />
Women 665 156 1,349<br />
Estimated income losses (millions of US$) 10.26 0.90 7.26 18.42<br />
Men 9.42 0.54 3.48<br />
Women 0.84 0.36 3.77<br />
Source: Estimates by assessment mission.<br />
Totals<br />
The analysis also makes it possible to identify the sectors in which people who lose income are currently<br />
working; it is thus feasible to focus the target population for the abovementioned programs (see<br />
Graph 12 once again).