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Gangs and Development: The Difficulties of Transformational Development in Gang-Controlled Communities in El Salvador

The presence and power of gangs in Central America and other countries make transformational development strategies increasingly difficult as well as dangerous. For more than thirty years, development practitioner David Bueno has witnessed the growth and spread of gangs in communities where legitimate and constructive social institutions have gradually disappeared or been marginalized, leaving affected communities increasingly isolated. Pentecostal churches are among the few remaining social institutions, but they too are increasingly affected by gang-related dynamics.

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