Perry Center Professor Boris Saavedra wrote an article titled “The Emergence and Proliferation of Private Security Companies in El Salvador” (Surgimiento y proliferacion de las empresas de seguridad privada en El Salvador) for the current issue of the journal Policía y Seguridad Pública. The article focuses on private security through a descriptive analysis of the factors that influence its evolution and implications for the governability and governance of the country.