At the end of 2020, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador remained at the bottom of the Human Development Index ranking, while Costa Rica and Panama were better evaluated.
The report entitled The Next Frontier, Human Development and the Anthropocene, which was published on December 15, 2020 at the global level, updates the Human Development Index (HDI) that is calculated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The United Nations Development Programme in Costa Rica is putting out to tender the conceptualization and design of a communications plan for the project Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities.
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works will put the works out to tender at the end of the first quarter of 2014.
From a Press Release by the Presidential House of Costa Rica:
"By signing an addendum to the voluntary agreement between the Association Council for Real Estate Development (CODI) and the National Council for Roads (Conavi) there will be an extension to 5 -lanes of the ring road Santa Ana- Belen two kilometers long, and 4 bridges located on this highway in which an investment of $34 million is estimated to be carried out. The first phase of work will involve the relocation of utilities and will start next January in order to have the necessary space to allow extending the lanes.
The fair "Knowing the South: regional exchange of solutions," which aims to present solutions of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) on issues of social and sustainable development will take place from 8th to 10th May in Panama.
From a press release from the United Nations Program for Development:
In recent years the region has advanced in a process of political, economic, social and cultural development.
Crime and violence associated with drug trafficking brings with it overwhelming economic costs, estimated at about 8% of GDP.
In this illegal activity, that in the 90's was centered in the Caribbean but has migrated to Central America, cartels move about 300 tons of cocaine to North America, valued at $38 billion.
According to the National Civil Police, between 2008 and 2011 40,000 murders were committed in the country, of which a high percentage are related to drug trafficking.
The prevailing violence and crime in Guatemala has led to an increase in the supply of services and products to provide security.
There are currently 150 security companies, employing about 120,000 people offering services such as surveillance and custodial care among other things.
A number of public tenders were announced covering $2 million in flood prevention works in San Salvador.
The processes are being handled by the purchases office of the United Nations Development Programme. Roberto Góches, Public Works Vice Minister, commented that "what we do in six months, they do it in two and a half; this is shorter, more transparent and less expensive".
The vast majority of Guatemalan workers have not completed elementary education. The average schooling is 5.6 years.
The results of the National Survey of Employment and Income (ENEI 2010) done by the National Statistics Institute (INE), also reveals that education of Guatemalan workers has not improved over the last six years.
The program, administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is called “Programa de Desarrollo para Proveedores” in Spanish. It intends to prepare Small and Medium companies to work with large enterprises by being more competitive.
The region spends over $6.5 billion each year to fight insecurity and violence.
Central America is the world's most violent region, with an average murder rate of 33 homicides per 100.000 inhabitants, stated a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
El Salvador now has the funds for the construction of 23,761 homes in the poorest areas during the next 18 months.
The total budgeted amount for the construction of 25,000 units of El Salvador’s social housing program is $87.1 million, of which, $81 million is already committed by the Central Government, international organizations like the Inter-American Development Bank (BID, acronym in Spanish) and the Central American Integration Bank, among others. The government still must obtain $6.2 million.
In the face of the crisis, the government hired a consultancy by the UNPD to develop a new labor policy.
The consultancy will take place over a period of three months and it will look for ways to continue to implement part-time work without ratifying Agreement 175 of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
This month the project to improve competitiveness at the Panama Banking Center will be put in place.
Pa-digital.com.pa reports: "According to the Superintendence of Banks in Panama (SBP) the projects has four components: the first is a integral diagnostic of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), the second phase will be a comparative study (Benchmarking) of other similar banking centers, the third component includes an study of the international market and in the fourth stage a strategic action plan will be established in conjunction with the corresponding authorities.
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