Convaincus que les difficultes economiques et sociales sont a la base de l'instabilite politique dans la region, la Communaute et ses Etats membres ont egalement tente par leur assistance economique de remedier a la crise economique grave a laquelle avaient a faire face les pays de l'Isthme americain : stagnation des recettes d'exportation, augmentation rapide de l'endettement externe, reduction du commerce intra-zonal.
In their conviction that economic and social difficulties are at the root of the political instability in the area, the Community and its Member States have also tried to remedy the serious economic crisis faced by the Central American countries - stagnation of export earnings, steep rise in external debt, fall in intra-regional trade - by providing economic assistance.