Partnering to create economic opportunities in the Northern Triangle

September 22, 2022 | Written by Rose Marks

As a founding member of the Partnership for Central America, Accion is committed to creating economic opportunities for communities in the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. In response to the launch of the In Her Hands Initiative in June, we’re focusing on connecting women to the financial system and digital economy, bolstering workforce participation, and investing in women-owned businesses. Accion aims to build on our announcement at the 2022 Summit of the Americas earlier this year with longstanding partner Fundación Génesis Empresarial, detailing a path forward for increasing commitment to strengthening livelihoods and communities in the Northern Triangle.

The public-private Partnership for Central America formed in response to Vice President Harris’s Call to Action to the private sector to increase economic opportunity in the Northern Triangle, part of the U.S. Strategy to Address the Root Causes of Migration. Accion joined this partnership because we align with its mission to create solutions to address the complex factors threatening livelihoods in the Northern Triangle. These factors include access to markets and resources, inefficient supply chains, food insecurity, violence, corruption, climate change, gender disparity, and more. Total commitments to the Partnership for Central America now add up to more than $3.2 billion, signifying both political will and private sector momentum to make progress.