Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is now the second poorest country in the region with only post-earthquake Haiti being poorer.
... See More + Guatemala is an extreme outlier in the region in terms of chronic malnutrition and almost half of all children in the country suffer from stunting. This report is part of a global initiative to improve the evidence base on the linkages between water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), human development, and poverty and seeks to understand this paradigm through a careful examination of trends in access to water and sanitation and in corresponding linkages to poverty and health. It also reviews the governance structure and expenditure plans underpinning service delivery in the WASH sectors in Guatemala. Finally, the report shows that the challenges facing the water and sanitation sector in Guatemala are significant and will require, among other things, stronger political leadership to successfully reform and regulate the sector, greater focus on rural sanitation, and increased spending and budget execution. One of the key elements of this diagnostic is highlighting what conditions led to a struggling WASH sector, particularly in rural areas. Despite a steep increase in water and sanitation coverage in the last 15 years, sanitation coverage is falling far behind drinking water coverage, with the lowest levels of coverage in rural areas affecting predominantly indigenous populations.
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Las tasas de pobreza en Guatemala están entre las más altas en América Latina y el Caribe. Actualmente, Guatemala es el segundo país más pobre de la región, solamente Haití le antecede como el más pobre.
... See More + Por otra parte, Guatemala es un caso extremo atípico en la región en términos de desnutrición crónica, casi la mitad de la población de niños en el país sufre de retraso en el crecimiento. Este reporte es parte de una iniciativa global para mejorar la evidencia sobre la relación entre el acceso a los servicios de agua, saneamiento e higiene (WASH), desarrollo humano, y pobreza, y busca entender este paradigma a través de un análisis cuidadoso de las tendencias en el acceso a agua y saneamiento y su relación correspondiente con la pobreza y la nutrición. Además, examina la estructura de gobernanza y la programación de inversión para el sector WASH en Guatemala. Finalmente, el reporte señala que los desafíos que enfrenta el sector WASH en Guatemala son de gran magnitud y que van a requerir, entre otras cosas, un mayor liderazgo político para reformar y regular exitosamente el sector, un mayor enfoque en saneamiento rural, y mayor inversión y ejecución del presupuesto. Uno de los elementos claves del diagnóstico es que señala las condiciones que han producido la situación actual del sector WASH, particularmente en áreas rurales.
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This study quantifies the outflow of human capital associated with migration from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras since 1990. To measure the outflow of skills and human capital and how this has changed over time, the study uses information on Northern Triangle migrants residing in the United States, a group that accounts for over 90 percent of all migrants from the three countries.
... See More + The results suggest that these migrants are, in general, positively selected into migration. That is, based on their observable characteristics, the individuals would have a higher earnings distribution relative to individuals who do not migrate. The results show a decrease in selectivity between the 10-year cohort of migrants who arrived by 2000 and those who arrived by 2014. This finding may reflect increased access to migration networks by lower-income households and individuals. The data suggest that the loss in human capital associated with a 10-year outflow of adults, as measured by foregone local wages, represented 1.9 percent of gross domestic product in El Salvador, 1.5 percent in Honduras, and 1.0 percent in Guatemala.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS8334 FEB 12, 2018
Del Carmen Hasbun,Giselle Eugenia; Sousa,Liliana Do CoutoDisclosed
Doing Business 2018 is the 15th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
... See More + This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Guatemala. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies; for 2018 Guatemala ranks 97. Doing Business measures aspects of regulation affecting 11 areas of the life of a business. Ten of these areas are included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in this year’s ranking. Data in Doing Business 2018 are current as of June 1, 2017. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why.
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