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The Biden Administration proposed increasing investment in Central American economies, but experts say that inequalities and low wages in the region are still driving factors of migration.
Endemic corruption, poor governance and democratic backsliding have plagued much of Central America for decades. Since 2014, more than two million people, many of them undocumented, are estimated to have fled the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador across the US border to escape corruption, violence, organised crime and poverty.
By: Carlos Alvarado Mendoza y Jonathan Menkos Zeissig Translation: Julio Linares The Spanish version of the article can be found here. Recently, the Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Icefi) proposed for Central America the implementation of a universal basic income (UBI), seeking that the States of the isthmus have a minimum guarantee of social protection, while contributing to counteract the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. A UBI, accompanied by other public, social and economic investments, would accelerate the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, by...