Resulting Human Development Indicators Sample Clauses

Resulting Human Development Indicators. ‌ The years following the armed conflict saw an immense post-war influx of aid in part by foreign governments, multinational organizations, and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Despite this rapid and overwhelming growth of the NGO sector in Guatemala and additional, numerous efforts to bring humanitarian aid to the country, there has been little progress with regards to closing gaps and creating sustainable social impacts (as will be demonstrated in the following data). Xxxxxxx et al. attributed this to how the efforts often function “as proxy agents for the government,” competing for “limited funds” and ignoring “service duplication,” which together have “restricted the sector’s flexibility and capacity for local engagement” while “creat[ing] community burnout and fuel[ing] resource shopping” (Xxxxxxx et al., 2011). A Systematic Country Diagnostic performed by the World Bank in 2016, the CIA Factbook, and data from the Pan American Health Organization all summarize developmental challenges in Guatemala. Poverty increased from 55% in 2000 to nearly 60% in 2014, according to a poverty line equivalent to $4 per day. This increase is likely due to the continuous exclusion of the lower socioeconomic classes from the country’s economic growth, which is concentrated almost solely in urban centers. The exclusion originates from a lack of human capital seen in a large portion of the population that does not have adequate access to quality healthcare and education (Xxxxxxx et al., 2016). According to the 2014 National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI), the total literacy rate for citizens aged 15 years and older was 79.1%. The survey reports the following disparities in literacy across the population: 86.1% in urban dwellers, 71.4% in rural dwellers, 84.8% in men, and 74.0% in women. The most educationally disadvantaged groups are rural women and indigenous women, with a literacy rate of 64.7% and 57.6%, respectively (PAHO, 2017). The lack of outreach from public services is also indicative of weak structures of governance, still unable to employ effective political representation, justice, and equity. The government’s tendency toward impunity for high-ranking officials often allows the judiciary to dismiss their unlawful acts. This, in turn, feeds a cycle of bureaucratic mismanagement that continuously siphons governmental resources from their intended destination. Frequent natural disasters and criminal activity that disproportionately affect the p...