DOCSLIB.ORG

Impact Evaluation: Guatemala Country Report

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Impact Evaluation: Guatemala Country Report Impact Evaluation: Guatemala Country Report By Susan Berk-Seligson, Ph.D. Diana Orcés, Ph.D. Georgina Pizzolitto, M.A. Mitchell A. Seligson, Ph.D. Carole Wilson, Ph.D. The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) Vanderbilt University This study was performed with support from the Program in Democracy and Governance of the United States Agency for International Development. The opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the point of view of the United States Agency for International Development. Revised December 2014 Impact Evaluation Guatemala ‐ Report Contents List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Tables........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 I. Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 II. Main Findings ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 III. Policy Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Part 1: Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 I. Evaluation Design and Data Sources ............................................................................................................................. 17 Sources of Baseline Data Used in this Evaluation ........................................................................................................ 17 Sources of Data for Mid-point Evaluation .................................................................................................................... 19 Sources of Data for Final Evaluation ............................................................................................................................ 19 Overall Summary of Quantitative Data Sources, by Round .......................................................................................... 19 Qualitative Component of the Study .............................................................................................................................. 20 II. Difference-in-Difference Design ................................................................................................................................... 22 III. The Design of the Study: A Multi-Site “Cluster Randomized Experiment” (CRE) ...................................................... 25 Selection of Study Area .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Part 2: Why Study Violence Prevention? Central America, a Violent Region ............................................................... 31 Part 3: The CARSI Interventions and Expected Impacts................................................................................................. 35 I. USAID CARSI Interventions in Guatemala .................................................................................................................... 35 II. Anticipated Impacts: Mixed methods and key dependent variables .............................................................................. 36 Part 4: Findings: Impact Evaluation, Guatemala ............................................................................................................. 39 I. Crime Victimization and Violence .................................................................................................................................. 39 II. Perception of Insecurity ................................................................................................................................................ 46 III. Neighborhood Disorder and Youth Loitering (Including Youth Vulnerability to Crime and Gang Activity) .............. 50 Gang Fights as a Problem ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Crime Prevention Measures .......................................................................................................................................... 54 IV. General Perceptions of Neighborhood Collective Action ............................................................................................ 55 V. Role of Institutions: National Police ............................................................................................................................. 56 Satisfaction with Police Performance............................................................................................................................ 59 VI. Social Capital and Democracy ..................................................................................................................................... 61 Democratic Values ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 Interpersonal Trust ........................................................................................................................................................ 61 Satisfaction with Democracy ......................................................................................................................................... 64 VII. Evaluation of Government Handling of Citizen Safety ............................................................................................... 66 Conclusions: Findings .......................................................................................................................................................... 71 Conclusions: Policy Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 73 References ............................................................................................................................................................................. 75 3 Impact Evaluation Guatemala ‐ Report List of Figures Figure 1. Illustration of Difference-in-Difference Estimation ................................................................................................ 22 Figure 2. Key Variables in Treatment and Control Communities, 2011-2014 ....................................................................... 24 Figure 3. Selected Municipalities by USAID in Guatemala ................................................................................................... 28 Figure 4. Homicide Rates in Central America ......................................................................................................................... 31 Figure 5. The Best Way to Fight Crime and Violence in Guatemala ..................................................................................... 32 Figure 6. Respondent-Reported Robberies in the Neighborhoods ......................................................................................... 39 Figure 7. Extortion in the neighborhood in the past 12 months ............................................................................................. 41 Figure 8. Respondent-Reported Murders in the Neighborhoods ............................................................................................ 42 Figure 9. Sale of illegal drugs in the community in the past 12 months ................................................................................. 43 Figure 10. Marginal Change in the sale of illegal drugs in the community in the past year................................................... 45 Figure 11. Perception of Insecurity 2004-2014 ...................................................................................................................... 47 Figure 12. Perception of Insecurity (Predicted Value) ........................................................................................................... 47 Figure 13. Perception of Insecurity when walking alone at night .......................................................................................... 49 Figure 14. Perception of Youth in Gangs or Maras as a Problem ......................................................................................... 51 Figure 15. Perception of Youth Loitering as a Problem ........................................................................................................ 52 Figure 16. Perception of Gangs or Maras Fights as a Problem ............................................................................................. 53 Figure 17. Avoidance of Dangerous Areas ........................................................................................................................... 54 Figure 18. Neighborhood Organization for Crime Prevention .............................................................................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Guatemala Genocide Cases: Universal Jurisdiction and Its Limits
    © The Guatemala Genocide Cases: Universal Jurisdiction and Its Limits by Paul “Woody” Scott* INTRODUCTION Systematic murder, genocide, torture, terror and cruelty – all are words used to describe the campaigns of Guatemalan leaders, including President Jose Efrain Rios Montt, directed toward the indigenous Mayans in the Guatemalan campo. The United Nations-backed Truth Commission concludes that the state carried out deliberate acts of genocide against the Mayan indigenous populations.1 Since Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro took Guatemalan presidential office in 1966, Guatemala was involved in a bloody civil war between the army and guerrilla groups located in the Guatemalan countryside. The bloodshed escalated as Montt, a fundamentalist Christian minister, rose to power in 1982 after taking part in a coup d’état and becoming the de facto president of Guatemala. He was in power for just sixteen months, considered by many to be the bloodiest period of Guatemala’s history.2 Under his sixteen-month rule, more than 200,000 people were victims of homicide or forced kidnappings, 83% of whom were of indigenous Mayan origin. Indigenous Mayans were targeted, killed, tortured, raped, and * Paul “Woody” Scott is an associate attorney with Jeri Flynn & Associates in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His practice is primarily immigration law and criminal defense, specializing in defending immigrants charged with criminal offenses, and deportation defense. He was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and moved to the United States at a very early age. He is fluent in both English and Spanish. 1 United Nations Office for Project Services [UNOPS], Commission for Historical Clarification [CEH], Conclusions and Recommendations, GUATEMALA, MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO [hereinafter, GUATEMALA, MEMORY OF SILENCE], Volume V, ¶ 26 (1999).
    [Show full text]
  • Cooperative Agreement on Human Settlements and Natural Resource Systems Analysis
    COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND NATURAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CENTRAL PLACE SYSTEMS IN GUATEMALA: THE FINDINGS OF THE INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO MUNICIPAL (A PRECIS AND TRANSLATION) RICHARD W. WILKIE ARMIN K. LUDWIG University of Massachusetts-Amherst Rural Marketing Centers Working Gro'p Clark University/Institute for Development Anthropology Cooperative Agreemeat (USAID) Clark University Institute for Development Anthropology International Development Program Suite 302, P.O. Box 818 950 Main Street 99 Collier Street Worcester, MA 01610 Binghamton, NY 13902 CENTRAL PLACE SYSTEMS IN GUATEMALA: THE FINDINGS OF THE INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO MUNICIPAL (A PRECIS AND TRANSLATION) RICHARD W. WILKIE ARMIN K. LUDWIG Univer ity of Massachusetts-Amherst Rural Marketing Centers Working Group Clark University/Institute for Development Anthropology Cooperative Agreement (USAID) August 1983 THE ORGANIZATION OF SPACE IN THE CENTRAL BELT OF GUATEMALA (ORGANIZACION DEL ESPACIO EN LA FRANJA CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA) Juan Francisco Leal R., Coordinator of the Study Secretaria General del Consejo Nacional de Planificacion Economica (SGCNPE) and Agencia Para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID) Instituto de Fomento Municipal (INFOM) Programa: Estudios Integrados de las Areas Rurales (EIAR) Guatemala, Octubre 1981 Introduction In 1981 the Guatemalan Institute for Municipal Development (Instituto de Fomento Municipal-INFOM) under its program of Integrated Studies of Rural Areas (Est6dios Integrados de las Areas Rurales-EIAR) completed the work entitled Organizacion del Espcio en la Franja Centrol de la Republica de Guatemala (The Organization of Space in the Central Belt of Guatemala). This work had its origins in an agreement between the government of Guatemala, represented by the General Secretariat of the National Council for Economic Planning, and the government of the United States through its Agency for International Development.
    [Show full text]
  • Ministerio De Salud Pública Y Asistencia Social Chiquimula
    MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL Artículo 10, Numeral 2. Dirección y Teléfonos CHIQUIMULA Dirección Área de Salud, de Chiquimula 8a. Ave. 1-66 zona 1 Chiquimula Teléfono: 79329600 HOSPITAL TELÉFONO DIRECCIÓN Hospital Nacional de Chiquimula 7931-5555 2da. Calle 14-71 Zona1. Chiquimula CATALOGADO COMO DISTRITO DIRECCIÓN TELÉFONO Centro de Salud Tipo B Chiquimula 2da. Calle entre 14 y 15 Avenida 14-71 Zona 1 79422107 Puesto de Salud Maraxco Chiquimula En el Centro de Maraxco, Frente a Escuela Ocial Rural Primaria 79422107 Centro Comunitario Pinalito Chiquimula Camino Para el Cimarron, por la torre, aldea El Pinalito 79422107 Centro Comunitario Conacaste Chiquimula Primer Callejon a mano izquierda de la aldea El Conacaste 79422107 Centro Comunitario Shusho Arriba Chiquimula Calle Principal de la aldea Shusho Arriba 79422107 Centro Comunitario Ingeniero Chiquimula A un costado del campo de Futbol de la aldea el Ingeniero 79422107 Centro Comunitario Santa Barbara Chiquimula En el Centro de la aldea Santa Barbara 79422107 Centro Comunitario San Miguel Chiquimula Entrada principal de la aldea San Miguel 79422107 Centro Comunitario Palmarcito Chiquimula A un costado de la Escuela Ocial de la aldea El Palmarcito 79422107 Puesto de Salud El Morral Chiquimula Calle Principal de la aldea El Morral 79422107 Puesto de Salud Vado Hondo Chiquimula Carretera a Jocotan, despues del Puente Shutaque Vado Hondo 79422107 Centro Comunitario Hacienda el Santo Chiquimula Calle Principal de la aldea Hacienda el Santo 79422107 Centyro Comuntiario
    [Show full text]
  • Guatemala: Squeezed Between Crime and Impunity
    GUATEMALA: SQUEEZED BETWEEN CRIME AND IMPUNITY Latin America Report N°33 – 22 June 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. ROOTS OF PROTRACTED CONFLICT AND PERVASIVE VIOLENCE ............. 2 A. CIVIL WAR .................................................................................................................................. 3 B. LEGACY OF THE CONFLICT ........................................................................................................... 4 C. PEACE AND DISILLUSION ............................................................................................................. 4 D. MONUMENTAL CHALLENGES ....................................................................................................... 6 III. CRIME AND THE STATE .............................................................................................. 8 A. THE ARMED FORCES .................................................................................................................... 8 B. FAILURE OF POLICE REFORM ....................................................................................................... 9 C. GANGS ....................................................................................................................................... 12 D. DRUG TRAFFICKING AND INSTABILITY ......................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Republic of Guatemala Guatemala Is a Nation Rich in Almost Four Thousand Years of History
    1 Dear Traveler, Our specific goals when we started Explore Guatemala in 2001 were: to share our love of exploring new places to make every aspect of our workshops/tours a “wow” to send travelers home itching to travel with us again It has been very rewarding to see our travel experience goals validated by our customers through their repeat business and workshop/tour evaluations! We personally love our chosen destinations. Currently with Ecuador and Guatemala, most of our venues are listed in the book, 1000 Places to See Before You Die, by Patricia Schultz. We have known these places well for many years and are eager to share them with you. We have selected routes, hotels, dining, and venues reflecting the uniqueness of each area we visit. Our hope is that you will return home with a lasting impression and rewarding memories of the colorful Maya and Inca cultures. ABOUT US All members of the Explore team understand local customs and business practices. We stay in the hotels, eat in the restaurants, and ride the transportation, personally experiencing every aspect of our travel workshops and tours. We know the “hidden treasures” as well as the little bits of information only the locals know. Our experience, relationships, and knowledge of the country allow us to provide a worry-free, life enriching travel adventure, providing a deeper understanding of the way of life, the cultures, nature and societies; in short, we will show you the real Guatemala and Ecuador in a way very few travelers experience. 2 Explore’s Original Company Founders Anita Rogers (Korte) who speaks fluent Spanish, lived in Guatemala for 25 years, started her own business there, and was a collector of Maya weavings as well as Spanish Colonial art and antiques.
    [Show full text]
  • Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean a Threat Assessment Executive Summary
    Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: +(43) (1) 26060-0, Fax: +(43) (1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org TRANSNatioNAL ORGANIZED CRIME IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN A Threat Assessment Executive summary United Nations publication printed in Mexico September 2012 September 2012 Copyright © 2012, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copy- right holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNODC would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. Acknowledgements This study was conducted under the responsibility of the UNODC Offices in Mexico (ROMEX) and Panama (ROPAN), Division for Operations (DO), with research support of the UNODC Studies and Threat Analysis Section (STAS), Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs (DPA). Research Claudio Damián Rodríguez Santorum, Enrique Marín Pellecer, Felipe de la Torre, Jenna Dawson, Jorge Manuel Vargas Mediavilla, Juliana Erthal Rodrigues Dos Santos, Louise Bosetti, Bertha Nayelly Loya Marin, Simone Lucatello (consultant) and Ted Leggett (lead researcher). Translation, graphic design, mapping support, desktop publishing and printing Anja Korenblik, Deniz Mermerci, Jorge Manuel Vargas Mediavilla, Kristina Kuttnig and Suzanne Kunnen. Supervision Aldo Lale-Demoz (Director, DO) Amado Philip de Andrés (Representative, ROPAN) Antonio Mazzitelli (Representative, ROMEX) Thibault Le Pichon (Chief, STAS) The preparation of this report would not have been possible without the data and information reported by governments to UNODC and other international organizations. UNODC is particularly thankful to government and law enforcement officials met in the region while undertaking research.
    [Show full text]
  • Emergency Plan of Action (Epoa) Guatemala: Population Movement
    P a g e | 1 Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Guatemala: Population Movement DREF n° MDRGT014 Date of issue: 24 October 2018 Date of disaster: 13 October 2018 Operation start date: 23 October 2018 Expected timeframe: 3 months; the operation end date is 23 January 2018 Head of Operation (responsible for EPoA): Santiago Point of contact: Daniel Javiel – Director Luengo, Disaster Management Coordinator of Guatemalan Red Cross. Overall operation budget: 77,504 Swiss francs (CHF) Number of people affected: 8,500 people, although the Number of people to be assisted: situation is volatile and each border crossing registers 5,405 people different data. Host National Society(ies) presence: The Guatemalan Red Cross (GRC) has 1 national headquarters, 21 branches throughout the country and 1,684 active volunteers (56 per cent men and 44 per cent women). Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners actively involved in the operation: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Spanish Red Cross and Norwegian Red Cross. Other partner organizations actively involved in the operation: • United Nations system (United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs [UNOCHA], the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR, International Organization for Migration [IOM], Pan American Health Organization [PAHO]); human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as World Vision; local and national governments in the affected countries, Oxfam, Pastoral of Human Mobility <Click here for the DREF budget. Click here for the contact information > A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 13 October 2018, the migrant caravan began its journey in San Pedro Sula, Honduras with approximately 1,500 people (increasing to an average of 8,500 people within a few days of its initial departure).
    [Show full text]
  • UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Unthinkable Rebellion and the Praxis of the Possible: Ch'orti' Campesin@ Struggles in Guatemala's Eastern Highlands Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sq45845 Author Casolo, Jennifer Jean Publication Date 2011 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Unthinkable Rebellion and the Praxis of the Possible: Ch’orti’ Campesin@ Struggles in Guatemala’s Eastern Highlands by Jennifer Jean Casolo A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Gillian P. Hart, Chair Professor Jean Lave Professor Louise Fortmann Fall 2011 Unthinkable Rebellion and the Praxis of the Possible: Ch’orti’ Campesin@ Struggles in Guatemala’s Eastern Highlands © 2011 by Jennifer Jean Casolo Abstract Unthinkable Rebellion and the Praxis of the Possible: Ch’orti’ Campesin@ Struggles in Guatemala’s Eastern Highlands by Jennifer Jean Casolo Doctor of Philosophy in Geography University of California, Berkeley Professor Gillian P. Hart, Chair This dissertation examines the production of rural struggle in Guatemala’ indigenous eastern highlands, a place where after decades of silence, 36 years of civil war and two centuries of marginalization, the seemingly unthinkable—organized resistance and alternative proposals— became palpable. In the face of crisis, attempts to turn rural producers, into neoliberal subjects of credit resurrected the historical specter of dispossession and catalyzed an unlikely alliance to oppose unjust agrarian debt that transformed into a vibrant movement for defense of Maya- Ch’orti’ territory.
    [Show full text]
  • Diagnóstico Situacion De San Municipio De Olopa Departamento De Chiquimula
    DIAGNÓSTICO SITUACION DE SAN MUNICIPIO DE OLOPA DEPARTAMENTO DE CHIQUIMULA Julio 2017 Diagnóstico Situación SAN municipio de Olopa Chiquimula 1 CONTENIDO I. INTRODUCCIÓN ......................................................................................4 II. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO .........................................................................6 III. OBJETIVOS DEL DIAGNÓSTICO ................................................................9 a) General ..................................................................................................9 b) Específicos:.............................................................................................9 IV. METODOLOGÍA ...................................................................................... 10 1. Coordinación ...................................................................................... 10 2. Método de Muestreo ............................................................................ 12 3. Técnica de Muestreo ............................................................................ 12 4. Selección de los participantes para el grupo focal ................................... 13 5. Procesamiento de los datos .................................................................. 14 6. Análisis de los datos ............................................................................ 15 7. Elaboración del Informe ....................................................................... 15 V. CONTENIDO DEL DIAGNÓSTICO .............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Análisis Multidimensional Del Desarrollo En Esquipulas
    Análisis Multidimensional del Desarrollo en Esquipulas Proceso participativo para la identificación de desafíos de desarrollo en el municipio de Esquipulas, Chiquimula. Proyecto Trinacional para la resiliencia y la cohesión social en el Norte de Centroamérica Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo 5 a Avenida 5-55 zona 14, Edificio Europlaza, torre IV, nivel 10 Guatemala, Centroamérica Teléfono (502) 23843100 www.gt.undp.org Equipo Responsable Coordinación del proyecto Municipalidad de Esquipulas PNUD: Camilo Duplat, Iñaki De Francisco y Nathaly Mejía Facilitación de talleres PNUD: Camilo Duplat, Iñaki De Francisco, Rosa López, José Villagrán, Nathaly Mejía, Luis Fernando García y Shabnam Sabetian Coordinación en territorio PNUD: Luis Fernando García; Municipalidad de Esquipulas Coordinación de contenidos PNUD: Shabnam Sabetian y Andrea Valladares Sistematización y redacción del informe José Villagrán y Rosa López Redacción y corrección de estilo PNUD: Shabnam Sabetian Diseño editorial e ilustración Karissa Anthone y Gabriela Rivadeneira Fotografías PNUD Guatemala/ Fernanda Zelada Rosal Municipalidad de Esquipulas/ Marlon Villeda Guatemala, junio de 2020 Esta publicación fue producida por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en el marco del Proyecto Trinacional para la resiliencia y la cohesión social en el Norte de Centroamérica y consolida el proceso de identificación participativa, análisis multidimensional del desarrollo de los desafíos de desarrollo a nivel local del municipio de Esquipulas, Chiquimula. Se permite la reproducción parcial o total de este documento siempre que no se alteren los contenidos, ni los créditos de autoría y edición. Se estimula el uso de todo o parte de este documento con fines de estudio, investigación o implementación, citando la fuente bibliográfica como corresponde.
    [Show full text]
  • The Situation Information Bulletin
    Information Bulletin Central America: Migrant Caravan Information Bulletin N° 1 Date of issue: 19 October 2018 Date of disaster: Ongoing since 13 October Point of contact (name and title): 2018 Felipe Del Cid: continental operations coordinator for the Americas region; [email protected] N° of National Societies currently involved in the operation (if available and relevant): Red Cross Movement actors currently involved in the operation: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Guatemalan Re Cross, Honduran Red Cross, Mexican Red Cross, Salvadoran Red Cross Society, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) N° of other partner organizations involved in the operation (if available and relevant): United Nations system (United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs [UNOCHA], the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR, International Organization for Migration [IOM]); human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as World Vision; local and national governments in affected countries This bulletin is being issued for information only; it reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The situation On 13 October 2018, the migrant caravan started its journey in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with approximately 1,500 people (increasing to an average of 3,000 people within a few days of its initial departure), including men, women and children. The caravan entered via a customs office on the Agua Caliente border in the department of Chiquimula, Guatemala and the other access points of El Amatillo and El Florido. The leaders of the caravan have indicated that their migratory route would take them from the municipality of Esquipulas in the department of Chiquimula, then to Guatemala City before heading to the municipality of Tecun Umán in the department of San Marco, Guatemala, Guatemalan Red Cross personnel transport a migrant to the hospital.
    [Show full text]
  • Municipalidad Concepción Las Minas
    MUNICIPALIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN LAS MINAS Departamento de Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A. Tels.79435 –619 Concepción Las Minas El municipio de Concepción Las Minas es uno de los once municipios del departamento de Chiquimula, está ubicado en la región oriental de Guatemala; cabecera del municipio del mismo nombre. El Pueblo de Concepción las Minas está ubicado a 15 kilómetros de la Frontera con la República de El Salvador y a 19 kilómetros de la Ciudad de Esquipulas. Localización El municipio de Concepción Las Minas está situado en la parte sur-oriental del departamento de Chiquimula, República de Guatemala, entre las repúblicas de El Salvador y Guatemala. Colinda al norte con los municipios de Quezaltepeque y Esquipulas del departamento de Chiquimula. Al Sur con el municipio de Metapán, El Salvador. Al oriente con el municipio de Esquipulas, Chiquimula y al poniente con el departamento de Jutiapa y parte de Ipala del departamento de Chiquimula, Guatemala. Datos básicos Existe desde el 8 de junio de 1893, por decreto del Sr. Presidente de la República José María Reina Barrios. Población El municipio de concepción Las Minas tiene una población de 12,850 habitantes, de los cuales el 89.8% reside en el área rural y el restante 10.2% se ubica en el área urbana, específicamente en los centros poblados y caseríos del municipio. El crecimiento vegetativo para el municipio es de 1.63 lo que refleja un crecimiento bajo en relación a los demás municipios del departamento, los cuales en su mayoría superan el 2% de crecimiento poblacional. Estructura por edad y sexo Según las proyecciones realizadas por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, para el 2010, el 54.75% de la población son mujeres y el restante 45.46% hombres, sin embargo acudiendo al conocimiento local, se observa que la mayor parte de la población actual que reside en el municipio son mujeres, ello obedece a que la población masculina en edad productiva ha emigrado a Estados Unidos en busca de fuentes de trabajo que les permita mejorar su calidad de vida.
    [Show full text]