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German coffee, predatory states, and selective property rights enforcement in 20th-century Guatemala

Noé, Ricardo R. - 2026

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FY 2025 Guatemala Country Opinion Survey Report

2026

The Country Opinion Survey in Guatemala assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Guatemala perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private...

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Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in Escuintla, Guatemala : Harnessing the Potential of Industrial Parks

2026

This report examines how to boost the territorial development of the Department of Escuintla, Guatemala, by attracting more and better investments, developing talent, and creating employment opportunities that foster inclusive and sustainable growth. It highlights the importance of understanding...

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America: Guatemala 2025

Leon-Himmelstine, Carmen; Rodriguez, Diana Jiménez Thomas - 2025

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Economic, cultural and taste-based constraints to the scaling of climate-resilient biofortified maize among diverse smallholder populations in Guatemala

Macours, Karen; Mallia, Paola; Rudder, Jessica - 2025

To address the combined challenges of hidden hunger and climate vulnerability, crop breeding efforts over the last decades have focused on releasing crop varieties with resilient traits and higher nutrient content. Ensuring that those newly released varieties reach the types of farmers most...

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Defying the Leviathan : community-based and intersectional approaches to decolonial leadership in Guatemala

Rodríguez Álvarez, Gloriana - 2025

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Guatemala Public Finance Review

2025

This Public Finance Review (PFR) is the first since 2013, and it complements other World Bank Group advisory support and analytics. The PFR updates the fiscal analysis with data from 2013 through 2023 and expands into areas not previously covered, such as revenues, fiscal risks, and...

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El crucial desafío de la informalidad

Linares López, Luis Felipe - 2025

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Justicia electoral para una democracia eficiente

García Fong, Gustavo; López, Kevin Roberto - 2025

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The effects of extortion and security device adoption on entrepreneurial entry and exit : evidence from Guatemala

Estefan, Alejandro; Ordoñez, Romina - 2025

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Guatemala : Technical Assistance Report-Strengthening the Forecasting and Policy Analysis System at Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT)

2025

An IMF technical assistance mission to the Banco de Guatemala (BANGUAT) reviewed the central bank’s Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) to strengthen monetary policy making under inflation targeting. Discussions focused on the FPAS’s role in policy decision-making, coordination...

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Public Investment Efficiency, Growth and Debt Sustainability in Guatemala

Paloschi, Andrea - 2025

Despite having moderate levels of public debt sovereign spreads, Guatemala is a country with limited levels of public investment efficiency (PIE) that actively constrain much needed infrastructure and social investment. This Selected Issues Paper (SIP) analyzes the effects of improving PIE on...

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Public Spending Adequacy and Efficiency in Guatemala : Sectoral Gaps and Priorities

Bloch, Carolina - 2025

Guatemala faces the challenge of closing persistent social and infrastructure gaps with one of the lowest public spending levels among developing economies. This low level of spending reflects the state’s limited capacity to expand service coverage, improve quality, and reduce long-standing...

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Guatemala : Selected Issues

2025

This Selected Issues paper provides a preliminary diagnostic of spending adequacy and efficiency in education, health, social assistance, and infrastructure, using an aggregate and sectoral lens, and assessing some of the institutional and personal financial management constraints hindering the...

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Guatemala : Selected Issues

2024

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Guatemala : Selected Issues

2023

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Guatemala: Selected Issues

2022

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Guatemala : 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guatemala

2025

The 2025 Article IV Consultation discusses that due to prudent macroeconomic management, Guatemala has maintained a resilient economy, achieved low inflation, ample policy buffers and, for the last few years, a positive current account; all these factors have contributed to increasingly...

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The short-term effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala

Ham, Andrés; Vazquez, Emmanuel; Yáñez-Pagans, Mónica - 2025

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Gender equality, disability and social inclusion analysis in Latin America : Guatemala 2025

Leon-Himmelstine, Carmen; Rodriguez, Diana Jiménez Thomas - 2025

This research provides an up-to-date analysis of data on gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) in Guatemala, tracking key markers across political, economic, social and educational spheres. Drawing on a broad range of methodologies including a literature review, data from...

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Guatemala factograph

2025

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Guatemala factograph

2025

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Guatemala factograph

2024

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Guatemala factograph

2024

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El candidato electoral idóneo : análisis de jurisprudencia constitucional

Escobar Noriega de Guerrero, Lorena - 2025

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Evaluación de políticas públicas: situación actual y desafíos inmediatos

Dabroy, Jahir - 2025

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El sistema nacional de formación laboral como mecanismo para enfrentar la informalidad

Coyoy, Erick; Sáenz, Fernando - 2025

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Trade finance in Central America and Mexico : a study of Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico : report

2025

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Trade Policy Review: Guatemala 2025

2025

The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Guatemala takes place on 12 and 14 November 2025. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Guatemala.

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Trade Finance in Central America and Mexico

2025

Trade finance is routinely supplied to exporters and importers by banks and other financial intermediaries, mitigating the financial and payment risks involved in cross-border trade. However, significant shortages exist in many developing economies. To better understand the trade finance...

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The two sides of migration in Central America : distributional impacts in Guatemala

Escalante, Luis E.; Aragie, Emerta; Hernandez, Manuel A. - 2025

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Food Cold Chain Enhancements in Guatemala

2025

Guatemala's agrifood sector plays a significant role in Guatemala's economy, but faces a series of challenges that impact its performance. The agriculture sector accounts for 10.2% of Guatemala's economic activities, with a significant multiplier when accounting for the full backward and forward...

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The Current State and Future Prospects of Drones for Development in Guatemala

2025

Este informe tiene como objetivo evaluar el estado actual del ecosistema de drones en Guatemala y considerar formas de liberar el potencial de estos mediante el fomento de una adopción más amplia. Para ello, siguiendo la metodología utilizada por PwC, se realizó un mapeo del ecosistema...

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Opportunities for leveraging nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Guatemala City : a policy perspective

Herrera, Laura; Ramírez, Beatriz; García-Piedrasanta, … - 2025

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Guatemala : Technical Assistance Report-Public Investment Management Assessment - PIMA and Climate-PIMA (C-PIMA)

2024

[This report is available both in Spanish and English] At the request of the Finance Ministry and the Planning General Secretariat (SEGEPLAN) of Guatemala, an IMF team undertook a Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA), including the Climate PIMA (C-PIMA) module, from May 30 to June 19,...

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COVID-19 and extreme weather : impacts on food security and migration attitudes in the rural area of Guatemala

Ceballos, Francisco; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Cynthia - 2024

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Feasibility Study : Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (DRFI) Solutions for Family Farmers in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (January 2024)

2024

The objective of this feasibility study is to identify disaster risk finance and insurance (DRFI) solutions for up to 1.9 million family farmers in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. This study is motivated by an emerging consensus on the need to design and implement large-scale DRFI...

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Milestone moments : community violence and women's life-course transitions in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala

Svallfors, Signe - 2024

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A profile of rural poverty, food security and livelihoods in Guatemala

Covarrubias, Katia Alejandra; De la O Campos, Ana Paula - 2024

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Can smallholder farmers in Honduras and Guatemala export deforestation-free coffee to the European Union?

Chalmers, Thomas; Krivonos, Ekaterina; Perego, Viviana … - 2024

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Guatemala : Assessing Public Investment Management - PIMA and Climate Change PIMA

Gros, Jean-Baptiste - 2024

In order to improve the efficiency of their capital investment and improve the access of the population to high-quality infrastructure, the Finance Ministry and the Planning general secretariate SEGEPLAN requested an IMF mission to apply: (i) the public investment management assessment (PIMA)...

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Guatemala : 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

2024

Guatemala's economy continues to grow at its potential given existing constraints, with inflation within the monetary policy's target. While political risks remain latent, Guatemala maintains its long-standing track record of macroeconomic stability and prudent policies anchored in a low-growth...

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Oportunidades para el desarrollo económico local: identificando posibilidades de fomento para los municipios

Dominguez, Sofia; Juárez, Francisco F. - 2024

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Score-driven credit risk clustering in Guatemala : an extension for unbalanced panels

Blazsek, Szabolcs; Goirigolzarri, Diego; Kamau, Ari S. - 2026

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The effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala

Ham, Andrés; Vazquez, Emmanuel; Yáñez-Pagans, Mónica - 2023 - This version: February 2023

This paper studies the effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala. The government adopted a warning index (ranging from 0 to 10) to classify municipalities by infection rates in 2020, which was then used by the Ministry of Education in 2021 to establish a...

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The Effects of Differential Exposure to COVID-19 on Educational Outcomes in Guatemala

Ham, Andrés - 2023

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The Application of The Massive Socio-Economic Development Leakage from Corruption Index (∂ -n -Index) in the Case of Guatemala

Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo - 2023

This paper examines how to evaluate corruption based on the socio-economic development leakage that any country can experience in different historical periods. It is based on a new indicator entitled ”The Massive Socio-Economic Development Leakage from Corruption Index (∂-n-Index).” This...

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Guatemala : 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guatemala

2023

This 2023 Article IV Consultation highlights that Guatemala's solid record of accomplishment of prudent macroeconomic policies and large remittance inflows provided the country with large buffers to weather a challenging global environment and tightened global financial conditions. Inflationary...

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Guatemala : Technical Assistance Report-International Taxation Challenges and Options

2023

This paper focuses on the technical assistance report on international taxation challenges and options in Guatemala. The topic of treaties has garnered special attention in Guatemala as of late, requiring a strategy to be devised. Treaties foster a better business climate and can encourage...

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Derechos políticos de la población migrante guatemalteca

Dabroy, Jahir - 2023

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Propuesta de reforma al código de ética profesional del colegio de abogados y notarios de Guatemala

García Fong, Gustavo - 2023

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COVID-19 and livelihoods in rural Guatemala : lessons from a long term assessment and the path to recovery

Berrospi, Maria Lucia; Ceballos, Francisco; Hernandez, … - 2023

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European Union cooperation with Guatemala 2007 - 2020 : evaluation of the European Union external action : country evaluation

2023

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European Union cooperation with Guatemala 2007 - 2020 ; volume 1

2023

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Towards Better Labor Migration Systems in Northern Central America : Overview of Findings from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

2023

This note aims to close the knowledge gap about the effectiveness and capacity of labor migration sending systems in NCA countries. The report assesses whether NCA countries have the fundamental elements of an effective labor migration sending system, identifies the missing elements, and offers...

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile : Guatemala

2023

With a population of approximately 18.2 million people, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America. Guatemala has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, with violent deaths of women increasing from 1.3 per 100,000 women in 2020 to 1.6 per 100,000 women in 2021,...

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The Application of the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) in Guatemala City

Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo; Park, Donghyun - 2023

We apply the Gross City Development Index (GCD-Index) by Ruiz Estrada and Park (2019) in the case of Guatemala City. The GCD-Index calculation is based on the concept of City integral sustainable development platform. The platform consists of ten main structures, which are (i) Main Structure-1:...

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