Guatemala Maps 924 Vulnerable Settlements as Enade Targets Homicides
Guatemala's RAI registry has mapped 924 informal settlements in nine of ten urban nodes, and the Enade business summit proposed cutting the homicide rate from 16 to 8 per 100,000 inhabitants by 2036. The post Guatemala Maps 924 Vulnerable Settlements as Enade Targets Homicides appeared first on The Rio Times .
Guatemala has completed a national mapping of its informal housing, identifying 924 vulnerable settlements across nine urban nodes. This comes as business foundation Fundesa presents the twentieth edition of the Enade summit, aiming to halve the country's homicide rate to 8 per 100,000 inhabitants by 2036. The Registry of Informal Settlements (RAI) report provides Guatemala with its first nationwide baseline of informal urbanization, turning communities previously absent from official statistics into identifiable units of public policy.
Fundesa's summit program includes a focus on creating a cooperation agreement among security and justice authorities, which experts argue Guatemala lacks since the homicide rate began falling. The economic impact of crime is significant, with Fundesa estimating it costs 7.7 percent of Guatemala's GDP. Both the settlement map and the homicide target aim to address the lack of state presence in vulnerable areas, with the hope that better services and safer cities will attract investment and promote economic growth.
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