Public-Private Strategies for the Development of Huehuetenango (IADB-GU-T1270)

Countries
  • Guatemala
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Huehuetenango; Alta y Baja Verapaz; Q'uiche'
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Financial Institutions
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Sectors
  • Hydropower
  • Law and Government
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.30 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IADB website

Updated in EWS Jan 29, 2018

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

FROM THE IDB: "The objective of the TC is to articulate public and private interventions and strategies to generate integral and sustainable human development for the communities of the municipality of San Mateo Ixtatan."

The justification for the project is explicitly related to the San Mateo and San Andres hydro projects:

El área de influencia directa cubre aproximadamente 3 kilómetros cuadrados y una línea de transmisión prevista de 32 kilómetros que incluirá a 23 comunidades (Las comunidades en cuestión son Bella Linda, El Platanar, Ixquisis, Nuevo San Mateo, Pojom, El Rincon, Yalanhuitz, Nueva Concepcion, Yulchen Frontera Bajo, Yulchen Frontera Alto, Rio Seco, Yichcaqchin, Chaquenal, Santa Rosa, Chaquenalito, Ixcansan, Malcaxte, El Poblado, El Porvenir, Nuevo Triunfo,Yichwitz, Xaper y Tiactac).

However, the stated objective actually seems to be much broader:

El objetivo de la CT [cooperación técnica] es desarrollar una estrategia para atender la conflictividad social existente en las comunidades, que articule intervenciones y estrategias públicas y privadas para generar un desarrollo humano integral y sostenible para las comunidades del municipio de San Mateo Ixtatan del departamento de Huehuetenango y otros municipios de los departamentos de Alta y Baja Verapaz y el Quiché. Los municipios son: Rabinal, Cubulco, Chicamán, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Santa Cruz Verapaz.

The bank describes three lines of action:

1) channeling and articulation of public resources through loan operations that are already in execution. The Bank has an important experience supporting the Government serving the communities of the Chixoy area;

2) Promoting productive linkages and provision of technical assistance to enhance the productive development of communities with the support of PDHSA and other private sector partners; and

3) Supporting government agencies that have responsibility for managing dialogue and conflict, particularly the Presidential Dialogue Commission (CPD).

 

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Contact Information
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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IADB

The Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) or Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)-funded project. If you submit a complaint to MICI, they may assist you in addressing the problems you raised through a dispute-resolution process with those implementing the project and/or through an investigation to assess whether the IDB or IIC is following its own policies for preventing or mitigating harm to people or the environment. You can submit a complaint by sending an email to MICI@iadb.org. You can learn more about the MICI and how to file a complaint at http://www.iadb.org/en/mici/mici,1752.html (in English) or http://www.iadb.org/es/mici/mici,1752.html (Spanish).

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