Guatemala experiences significant food security problems and has one of the highest levels of chronic infant under-nutrition in the Western hemisphere.
Since the end of the debt crisis of the 1980s, Latin American governments have reduced deficits, lowered fiscal volatility, increased public expenditure and pioneered fiscal innovations.
For several decades, a variety of Canadian academic and nonacademic programs have enabled young Canadians to undertake international practicums through volunteer and work abroad programs.