Global 3000 | Malnutrition in Guatemala

  • 15 years ago
The vast majority of Guatemalans do not pay taxes - some because they can't,and others because they won't. Just 11 percent of the country's revenue is raised through taxes. The public purse is perpetually empty.And the government has huge problems - more than half of Guatemala's children suffer from malnutrition. For years,the state did little to combat the problem. Now a provisional nutrition program has been launched,but it's proving to be not enough to get malnutrition in the country under control.