[{"bbox": [160, 152, 1144, 208], "category": "List-item", "text": "income distribution based on the Gini coefficient reached 48.3 between 2010 and 2021 being one of the most unequal countries in LAC."}, {"bbox": [124, 222, 1145, 422], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The intervention will further promote pro-equality dynamics in income generation, based on the adoption of measures that facilitate a more widespread participation of the poorest groups in income, favoring greater inclusion not only in the labor market but also in the capital market. Likewise, the importance of strengthening the approach at the ethnic level in the development of differentiated territorial policies for the reduction of monetary poverty that can be adapted to the particularities of the characteristics of households according to the profile of its members stands out (Social inequality in Guatemala Evolution and institutional response, ECLAC 2022)."}, {"bbox": [124, 434, 1145, 692], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The general objective and the specific objectives of the intervention are aimed at reducing inequalities in the country and in specific sectors. The overall objective of the intervention focuses on reducing inequalities in Guatemala through inclusive economic development and contributing to creating decent jobs through innovation and digitalisation, and accordingly the specific objectives address \"Boosting the Guatemala's economic structure as open, inclusive..\" and \"Increase and the competitiveness of MSMEs and cooperatives...for the generation of decent employment opportunities\". It is expected to achieve inequality reduction through the generation of decent jobs in the formal economy that target young people, women, indigenous people, IDPs, returned migrants, the disabled and most vulnerable populations targeting the bottom (poorest) 40% or socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, households or groups."}, {"bbox": [124, 704, 1145, 876], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Inequality indicators are included with targets set for measuring indirectly the effect of the intervention. The indicator at the general objective level measures changes in the reduction of social and economic inequality, and additionally Output 2.1 has as indicator \"Number of people directly benefiting from EU- supported interventions that aim to reduce social and economic inequality\" which is a GERF (Global Europe Results Framework) indicator and is binding to Sustainable Development Goal indicators 10. Inequality reduction targets will be evaluated."}, {"bbox": [86, 890, 199, 915], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Democracy"}, {"bbox": [85, 934, 1144, 1134], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention will tackle challenges related to economic, environmental and political fragility. Political factors can impact the intervention, especially on issues of human rights and the environment. Additionally, the intervention seeks to influence the macro (political), meso (business support institutions) and micro (directly supporting the business sector, MSMEs and Cooperatives) level. Democracy is associated with higher human capital accumulation, lower inflation, lower political instability, and higher economic freedom. Democracy is closely tied with economic sources of sustainable growth. The intervention will have an impact on sustainable development and growth and on transparency of public institutions operations through the digitalisation of the services provided by the public sector."}, {"bbox": [86, 1152, 475, 1179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [85, 1196, 1144, 1454], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention aims to minimise unintended negative social or environmental impacts (\"do-no-harm\"), and is meant to be inclusive for marginalised and vulnerable groups and will defend the right of free, prior and informed consent of indigenous communities. In particular, component 1 will enhance the capacity of rights holders, workers' organizations, particularly women and indigenous' organizations and stakeholders to engage and dialogue to drive uptake of CRS including due diligence in Guatemala. Risks related to this engagement and risks linked to increased visibility of human rights and environmental defenders should be monitored and possible backlash mitigated with appropriate protection measures. In fact, the action will seek to promote dialogue between indigenous authorities, indigenous organizations, the private sector, and other relevant stakeholders, although currently the situation is quite polarised."}, {"bbox": [1028, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 21 of 39"}]