Guatemala

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	55
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	14%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	32%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	5%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	14%
Access to improved sanitation	86%
Access to an improved water source	95%
Literacy rate, all adults	69%
Life expectancy, both sexes	69 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {2} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {3} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {4} Survey year: 2002. Based on income. {5} Survey year: 2002. Based on income.

Poverty resources:

• Delegating Protected Area Management to an NGO: The Case of Guatemala's Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve (Document)
• Does Infrastructure Reform Work For the Poor? A case study from Guatemela (Document)
• Guatemala - Country Assistance Evaluation (Document)
• Guatemala - Poverty in Guatemala (Document)
• IDB Guatemala Country Office (Project)
• Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala (Document)
• The Forest Ejidos of Quintana Roo, Mexico, A Case Study for Shifting the Power: Decentralization and Biodiversity Conservation (Document)
• USAID Guatemala Office (Project)
• World Bank Guatemala Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• Guatemala: Percent of Children Underweight - 1995
• Poverty in Guatemala - 2000

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• None

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/69

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=GT