WASHINGTON — The international community must address development challenges in Central America by improving education, supporting businesses, and creating employment, according to World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Vice President Axel van Trotsenburg.
As migrants continue flowing out of a region that has struggled to provide adequate economic opportunity and public safety for its population, van Trotsenburg said the bank must assess where it can be most effective.
“We have a willingness to engage on this,” van Trotsenburg said. “At the same time, also we’re realistic that when conditions are there to engage and when not. It’s not always easy.”