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The following presentation released by the Inter-American Dialogue's Migration, Remittances, and Development program provides an overview of the project Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities. Since May 2023, the initiative seeks to promote financial access and inclusion in the municipalities of the San Marcos department and the municipality of Amatitlán, Guatemala. The slides include information on the project's financial education activities, objectives, implementation strategy, scope, preliminary results, and detailed demographic information on the initiative's beneficiaries. During this period, 8,850 people received financial consulting from 13 agencies and consultants. The intention to migrate among those who received consulting decreased to three percent compared to seven percent in 2022.
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Reforms are deeply necessary in Guatemala but the path forward is neither easy nor simple.
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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AS SUBMITTED FOR RECORD AND DELIVERED BEFORE A FULL COMMITTEE HEARING OF THE US SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. Over the past five years, slightly over 100,000 unaccompanied migrant children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have been apprehended at the US southern border. They are but…
In the last 10 years Guatemala has made great advances. The consolidation of the democratic system and the signing of the peace process have created a more favorable climate for education. However, there are still social and economic development problems. Guatemala is a country of young, multilingual and multicultural people.…
