Abstract
This article deals mainly with the finding of a survey made by the writer, in different agencies, educational as well as governmental, regarding the present status of teaching and research in statistics and demography in the countries of the Central American Isthmus. This kind of objective information, which would permit an evaluation of our present situation in the above-mentioned fields, was deeply needed from the very moment the Central American universities-as part of their plan directed and oriented by the well-known CSUCA (Consejo Superior Universitario Centro Americano) (Higher Central American University Council) which has as its aims the unification and channeling of higher education-designated the Institute of Statistics of the University of Costa Rica as the regional agency for statistical teaching and investigation in this area. The kind invitation of the Milbank Memorial Fund to the director of this Institute to participate in its conference and to describe the teaching of statistics and demography in Central America offers the opportunity to make the above-mentioned evaluation.
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