Eradicating poverty in all its forms, everywhere, requires indicators that measure sustainable pathways out of poverty, and not only the absence of acute poverty. This paper introduces a trial Moderate Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MMPI) that reflects moderate rather than acute levels of multidimensional poverty. The MMPI adjusts nine of the …
Alarmed at the recent cane burning, president Alfonso Portillo has announced that he would send inspectors to evaluate environmental damage caused by such fires. Even though the minister did not specify if any action would be taken against the growers who set fire to sugar cane during the harvest to …
more than 683 people were killed, 2,412 injured and hundreds reported missing when an earthquake hit Guatemala and El Salvador, two central American nations, on January 13, 2001. The highest number of deaths were reported from Santa Tecla, a suburb of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. Following …
At least one person was killed and 27 others injured when a powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked central America in the second week of July. Power lines and houses were damaged. Tremors were also felt in Honduras, El Salvador and Belize but no major damage was …
the new battle in the war against tobacco may soon be fought in Latin America. Guatemala may take legal action against two tobacco companies to recover healthcare costs associated with smoking. The attorney general of Guatemala, Acisclo Valladares Molina, has hired a us law firm to consider litigation to recover …
Fierce storms and rains have affected Guatemala's coffee cultivation. The vice-president of the National Coffee Association, William Strixrud said that two weeks of incessant rains had damaged about 200,000 bags of an estimated 3.3 million bags for the 1997-98 harvest. "The effects are irreversible. The rains have destroyed the mature …
A letter of protest Was written on May 9, to the World Bank (W8) president James Wolfensohn, by the International Rivers Network and the human rights group Witness for Peace, calling for an independent investigation into the WB's involvement in the building of Guatemala's infamous Chixoy dam, which saw hundreds …
