The following excerpt is from a November 3, 2009 article published in The Guatemala News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. In a new Survey on Remittances 2009, Children and Adolescents, the eighth in this IOM-Guatemala series and jointly produced with UNICEF, confirms the negative impact of the financial crisis on [...]
Category Archives: Economy
Article: Guatemala – Decline in Remittances Forces Children to Leave School
Posted by Laura on November 3, 2009
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Article: Malnutrition Costs Latin America Billions of Dollars Per Year
Posted by Laura on October 16, 2009
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The following excerpt is from an October 15, 2009 article published by Alert Net. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. Written by: Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (AlertNet) – Child malnutrition is costing Latin American governments billions of dollars every year and is slowing down economic growth in the region, United Nations’ research [...]
Article: Honduras Crisis Hits Regional Trade Hard
Posted by Laura on September 30, 2009
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The following excerpt is from a September 30, 2009 article published by the BBC. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. By Alberto Najar BBC Mundo The political crisis in Honduras is having a crippling effect on trade in Central America, with Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica losing millions of dollars [...]
Article: Fair Trade: What Price for Good Coffee?
Posted by Laura on September 26, 2009
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The following excerpt is from an article published on September 25, 2009 by TIME. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. By Ezra Fieser / Quetzaltenango Ever since Jesuit monks brought coffee to Guatemala three centuries ago, raising the beans has been a losing business for small farmers. Conditions are miserable — [...]
Article: Derisory Tax Rates
Posted by Laura on September 24, 2009
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The following excerpt is from an article published by Reuters/AlertNet on September 24, 2009. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. To view the report on which the article is based, please click here. As the leaders of the rich world meet in Pittsburgh this weekend to discuss the economic crisis, Christian Aid launches a report [...]