AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, POVERTY AND ECOLOGICAL CRISIS - CASE-STUDY OF CENTRAL-AMERICAN COUNTRIES

At the roots of socio-economic and ecological crisis it: the Central A merican countries are development policies that have favoured agricult ural production for export over production for local needs and intensi ve exploitation of natural resources for foreign exchange and short-te rm profit rather than for sustainable use. Such policies favoured larg e landowners, foreign corporations and banks over the majority of the people of Central America. The Central American development experience could provide a useful lesson for other third world countries.