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 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.
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 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will give the funds to the Suppliers Development Program (PDP), which trains SMEs to make them more efficient.
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).
"Central America has become the world's most violent region. With the exception of areas of intense political violence, such as the South African region, the Central American countries together have the highest murder rate in the world, found the study, which does not include Irak, due to its state of war.
A program in El Salvador will train micro, small and medium companies on the quality standards required by large corporations.
The project will also provide training for delegates of large companies on how to make business with SMEs.
Elsalvador.com published statements by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative in the country, Jessica Faieta: "The team in charge of the project is located in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry... UNDP will provide $1 million to start the project".
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.
After the dollarization of the economy, the cost of living grew as expensive as in Boston, in London, or in Moscow, with the exception that chaos, violence and lack of services rein here.
The crisis in El Salvador started before the rise the price of oil and world food.
Armando Flores, director of the Consumer Defense Committee (CDC), analyzes the situation on the ground in El Salvador.