Expertos en seguridad y el sector privado convocados por AS/COA y el Banco Mundial plantean iniciativas para impulsar programas de reinserción social y prevención de violencia en Centroamérica.
This Americas Society policy brief highlights the role of the private sector in violence prevention to provide a more nuanced grasp of the space that can be filled by the business community.
Countries throughout the region are implementing incremental reforms designed to boost private-sector activity.
Opponents say a Guatemalan education reform set for implementation next year creates an unfair burden on future educators, but supporters say it will give a much-needed boost to the quality of education.
Writing for World Politics Review, AS/COA's Jason Marczak examines the need for cross-border, multi-faceted strategies to combat violence in Central America.
During his first three months in office, Guatemala’s new president proposed an ambitious drug-decriminalization strategy, while pushing through fiscal reform and maintaining judicial institutions and social programs at home.
Does the increased presence of Indigenous and Afro-descendant representatives in Latin American legislatures make a difference in policy outcomes and laws for those populations? This white paper presents findings across four countries in select national congresses and assemblies from 1986 to 2012.