Panama - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • THE CONQUEST
  • THE SPANISH COLONY
  • THE COLOMBIA DEPARTMENT
  • The California Gold Rush and the Railroad
  • The Uncompleted French Canal
  • The Spillover from Colombia's Civil Strife
  • THE UNITED STATES PROTECTORATE
  • The 1903 Treaty and Qualified Independence
  • Organizing the New Republic
  • Building the Canal
  • United States Intervention and Strained Relations
  • A New Accommodation
  • THE BISECTED REPUBLIC
  • The National Guard in Ascendance
  • The Politics of Frustrated Nationalism
  • THE NEGOTIATION OF NEW TREATIES
  • The Oligarchy under Fire
  • The Government of Torrijos and the National Guard
  • The Treaty Negotiations
  • The 1977 Treaties and Associated Agreements
  • Torrijos Government Undertakes "Democratization"
  • THE POST-TORRIJOS ERA
  • Noriega Takes Control
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • POPULATION
  • Size and Growth
  • ETHNIC GROUPS
  • Antillean Blacks
  • Indians
  • Cuna
  • Guaymí
  • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
  • Rural Society
  • Migration
  • Urban Society
  • The Elite
  • The Middle Class
  • The Lower Class
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • Changing Structure of the Economy
  • Recent Economic Performance
  • ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
  • Monetary Policy
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Budget Process
  • Revenues
  • Expenditures
  • HUMAN RESOURCES AND INCOME
  • Employment
  • Wage Policy and Labor Code
  • Income Distribution
  • PANAMA CANAL
  • Role of the Canal From 1903 to 1977
  • Economic Implications of the 1977 Treaties
  • Current Use and Future of the Canal
  • SERVICES
  • Transportation and Communication
  • Oil Pipeline
  • Coló
  • Finance
  • Tourism
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Land Use
  • Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform
  • Crops
  • Livestock
  • Fishing and Forestry
  • INDUSTRY
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining
  • Construction
  • Energy

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