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On January 12, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report “Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities: Making Development Impacts through Remittances.” The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, Jaqueline Barrios, country coordinator for Guatemala, and Patrick Springer, program associate, reviews results and impacts of the program’s local development initiative in the Guatemalan municipalities of San Marcos and Amatitlán.
With the support of the Cities Alliance and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities initiative is based on the knowledge that investments in human capacity by improving financial access, ensuring gender equality, and addressing climate adaptation have positive impacts on development. Since April 2023, the program has been advancing these goals through its four components:
- Financial education as a key element for financial inclusion
- Environmental management
- Extracurricular education with a pre-professional and business focus
- Incorporation of migration into local development
