This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in
Guatemala is a country of young entrepreneurs. One in six Guatemalans is an entrepreneur, and over 50% of them are between 18 and 34 years old.
Guatemala es un país de jóvenes emprendedores. Uno de cada seis guatemaltecos es emprendedor y el 50% de ellos tienen entre 18 y 34 años de edad.
Con el fin de ayudar a que los jóvenes guatemaltecos desarrollen habilidades preprofesionales que se traduzcan en un valor agregado para su carrera futura, el proyecto Oportunidades para mi Comunidad implementa desde el año 2017, un programa de educación extracurricular
Migrants often purchase products from their country of origin such as food, clothing or handicrafts, a practice which is known as the “nostalgic trade.” To
This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in
Migrants have a strong potential to transform their families and societies; the challenge is harnessing this potential. The Opportunities for My Community project explores practical ways in which various actors, including diaspora groups and remittance companies, can work effectively to support education in Guatemala.
In this article, we provide some preliminary results of a financial education project in Guatemala that began on November 2016.
Financial education has proven to be an efficient tool for systematically and effectively building assets in a society (OECD, 2005). One of the components of
Guatemala’s economic growth and development has historically been affected by high rates of inequality, as well as by a poorly performing economic model that is based on agricultural exports.
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