This is the first edition of the of the Guatemala Economic DNA (Diagnostic for National Action) with a focus section on job creation. The report highlights the important achievements of Guatemala on the...
This is the first edition of the of the Guatemala Economic DNA (Diagnostic for National Action) with a focus section on job creation. The report highlights the important achievements of Guatemala on the...
Guatemala is an upper-middle income country in Central America. The Guatemalan Peace Accords ("Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace") were signed on December 29, 1996 bringing to an end over three decades...
Annually, Guatemala loses over US dollar 300 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient nutrition interventions would cost less than US dollar...
Annually, Guatemala loses over US dollar 300 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient nutrition interventions would cost less than US dollar...
The objective of this study is to construct a detailed and informative poverty-access profile that can simultaneously inform Guatemala's poverty reduction and rural transport strategies. In this respect...
Unlike many other countries in Latin America, Guatemala is only at the beginning of the demographic and epidemiological transition. The population is young, is growing rapidly, and is still primarily rural...
The objective of this paper is to document the presence and distribution of child and adult malnutrition in Guatemala, to analyze the relationship between selected child, maternal, household and community...
The purpose of this paper is to conduct an in-depth analysis of social capital in Guatemala. The paper seeks to answer three questions using both qualitative and quantitative methods. First, the analysis...
This paper presents the results of an assessment of vulnerability in Guatemala in the context of the World Bank's on-going analysis of poverty and its preparation of a new social protection operation...
This paper was prepared as a background document for the World Bank's Poverty Assessment for Guatemala. Its main objective is to assess the effectiveness of the social protection in reducing poverty and...
As part of the wider infrastructure sector reform movement in Latin America, Guatemala took major steps to allow private sector participation and promote the development of competition. The national telecommunications...
This paper describes the institutional aspects of the education sector, the education system, and education expenditures. Within the institutional aspects, the main objective of the restructuring process...
Within the framework of the qualitative study on poverty and exclusion in Guatemala, this paper identifies perceptions on education from a qualitative and multi-ethnic viewpoint in the country. This paper...
Within the framework of the qualitative study on poverty and exclusion in Guatemala, this paper identifies perceptions on education from a qualitative and multi-ethnic viewpoint in the country. This paper...