As of 2021, around 800 million people across the developing world lack access to electricity. Even though enabling universal access to electricity by 2030 is the UN's Sustainable Development Goal #7, and despite the efforts of many institutions, NGOs, and private parties to reduce energy poverty, achieving this goal remains a costly challenge. Moreover, traditional methods of electricity generation often involve the use of fossil fuels which contribute to climate change.
The researcher Raúl Bajo-Buenestado spoke about this issue in an i...
The director of the Navarra Center for International Development, Luis Ravina, travelled to Guatemala during the month of January to hold meetings with representatives of different institutions and to strengthen relations and collaboration agreements, accompanied by Rodrigo Asturias (from the associated Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo Regional, CINDERE, of the UNIS).
The first meeting took place on Monday 24 January at the Bank of Guatemala with José Alfredo Blanco and Óscar Monterroso
CINDERE and NCID have participated in recent weeks in an evaluation of the ministries of the current government of Guatemala in which other think tanks have also participated, convened by Prensa Libre, which has produced a report with the results of the evaluation.
Prensa Libre convened three think tanks to critically analyse the work of the 14 ministries and vice-presidencies