Most Mayan families rely on farming as the primary source of food and/or income, with corn and black beans being the dominant crops that form the staple part of their diet. A primary tool within the corn harvest is the machete, which is often carried everywhere by Mayan men. At first th...
and the CNA in a challenging position concerning their chicle-carrying business, which was the main source of income for the airline at that time. To make things even worse for the CNA, in December the prominent carrier, Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos -TACA- (Central American Air ...
Guatemala operates under a civil law system. It makes use of a civil law framework for private law, which is based on the Civil Code and Mercantile Code. In Guatemala, which is a unitary state, there are three main bodies of government: the executive, the judicial and the legislative. Bec...
This industry is now the main income generation source for 80% of mothers in the San Lorenzo el Cubo community. Make your own traditional worry doll as a souvenir. Dinner is on your own this evening. Overnight: The Good Hotel (or similar) Included meals: Breakfast & ...
The selection of forecasting techniques is based on the behavior of the particular market. For example, the exponential trend smoothing illustrates suited forecasting for the Apparel market with projected steady growth. The main drivers are GDP per capita and consumer spending per capita. Additional ...
Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products. The 1996 signing of peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, but widespread political violence and corruption scandals continue to dampen investor confidence. The distribution of income ...
Population distribution Urbanization Major cities - population Sex ratio Mother's mean age at first birth Maternal mortality rate Infant mortality rate Life expectancy at birth Total fertility rate Contraceptive prevalence rate Drinking water source ...
Table 1 contains the main findings of each of the preceding papers. Taken together, the Project achieved a number of notable achievements in terms of expanding the coverage of key maternal and child health interventions, improving the nutritional status of children, reducing the mortality of children...
of census data, participants in the larger study in Livingston were recruited through convenience sampling. Details and main results of this study are described elsewhere [13,14]. Following completion of the quantitative survey, women consented to be contacted for an in-depth, semi-structured ...
1, for three main reasons. First, it was directly in the path of Hurricane Maria, and observed some of the highest wind speeds on the island. Being a mountainous, agricultural region, these winds decimated houses, crops, roads, and the electrical infrastructure. Second, at the time of ...