This report was prepared with the financial support of Grupo Pantaleon. It was prepared under the supervision of Claire Charbit, Head of the Regional Attractiveness and Migrant Integration Unit, Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division (RDG) at the Centre for Entrepreneurship SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) as well as Sebastian Nieto Parra, Head of the Regional Development Dynamics Division, at the OECD Development Centre (DEV). The paper was prepared by Juan Vazquez, Deputy Head for Latin America and the Caribbean (DEV), Maya Camacho and Giovanni Pagano, Policy Analysts in CFE/RDG, with the collaboration of Laura Buchet and Mónica Velarde Miranda (external experts), as well as Chiara Kahler (DEV) and Daniel Vegara Balsa (CFE). This document has also benefited greatly from the valuable support and engagement of André Lacape, Inés Amenábar, Alejandro Guillén, and Martín López from Grupo Pantaleón throughout the project, as well as from discussions with national stakeholders. The document received valuable comments from the Ministry of Economy (MINECO), the Secretaria General de Planificación y Programación (SEGEPLAN), Fundación para el Desarrollo de Guatemala (FUNDESA) and Guatemala No se Detiene. We are also grateful for the fruitful co-operation with national authorities and the local government of Escuintla, and to FUNDESA for organising the stakeholder roundtables. Finally, many thanks go to the Publications and Communications Division of the OECD Development Centre, notably Delphine Grandrieux, Elizabeth Nash and Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte.
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