For every dollar invested in health and education, three need to be spent on direct social assistance in order to achieve the same effect on poverty reduction.
The report "Impact of Public Expenditure on Poverty Reduction and Inequality" by the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNIDES) has similar conclusions to similar studies carried out in other countries: "In estimating the effect of public interventions on poverty reduction, it was identified that poverty was reduced from 7.2 to 10.1 percent depending on the poverty line used (US $1.8, US $2 and US $2.6), mainly due to social spending in health and education.On the other hand, the contribution made by electricity subsidies did not compensate for the reduction in incomes in households caused by payment of indirect taxes, therefore it did not affect poverty reduction.
Central Americans and other Latin Americans are feeling more concerned about what Trump can say or do, than over the only thing that can really change the fate of poverty in the region, which is education.
A survey carried out by CID-Gallup on the perceptions of Central Americans regarding the direction of their countries shows pessimism in Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras.
From a statement issued by CID-Gallup:
The Dominican Republic, Panama and Nicaragua are the nations in the region with the best direction for the country.
This is the result of a series of public opinion surveys that CID / Gallup Latin America carries out every year in September in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The survey has a minimum reach of 1200 households and is a representative sample of the national population.
Representatives from the Competitiveness Initiative have submitted diagnoses and proposed solutions in education and business, infrastructure, procedures and access to markets and investments.
Adpoting the PISA tests as a basic tool for the management of education systems is essential if you want to push back the boundaries of underdevelopment.
EDITORIAL
It is not uncommon to hear from officials in Latin American educational corporations that the PISA assessment system is "unfair" because it compares results with those obtained in advanced countries.
Avoiding the generation of power using fossil fuels is a necessary goal, but alleviating the energy poverty in which millions of Central Americans find themselves is a priority.
EDITORIAL
Bjorn Lomborg's article published in Laprensagrafica.com analyzes the difficult choice between taking measures to prevent global warming, and facilitating the use of cheap fossil fuels -carbon- for 1,200 million poor people in the world.
With the formal integration of the canal country into SIECA, what was a geopolitical contradiction has been corrected, because Panama always should have been part of Central America.
From a press release from the Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA):
The Secretariat of the Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) congratulates the brotherly people of the Republic of Panama for joining the Central American Economic Integration Subsystem by means of the deposit of the Incorporation Protocol made on Monday May 6 this year.
The Fourth State of the Region Report examines the society, demography, economy, environment, and political integration of the seven Central American countries.
The Fourth State of the Region report is divided into four sections and ten chapters.
The first section is entitled "Regional Overview", and its main purpose is to track recent developments in Central America based on a platform of comprehensive and current indicators.
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