Results

The outcome of this research is to understand Guatemala's challenges and opportunities towards accelerating inclusive, productive, and sustainable development through the implementation of crypto-enabled solutions. The aim is that this research will also provide valuable insights that can be applied more broadly, particularly to those working to build more inclusive social contracts, accelerate creation of opportunities, boost productivity, enhance sustainability, and enable human flourishing.

This is an ambitious effort that will require enhancing technological development, investing in human capital, deploying innovative and resilient infrastructure, and addressing challenges in transparency, governance, and citizen engagement, among other actions. To that end, the finalized report will unpack the following themes:

• Current landscape: What does a flourishing livelihood mean for the communities we intend to serve in Guatemala? What are the barriers to ensuring decent standards of living in these communities?

• Existing solutions: Who is leading the way on delivering last-mile services throughout these communities? What is missing for more effective and scalable delivery of these services?

• Infrastructure: What is the local educational, regulatory, social and user-facing infrastructure that needs to be brought forth to boost adoption throughout the region?

• dApps and protocols: What dApps and protocols are pushing the envelope on enabling faster adoption of crypto across emerging economies and where lie the opportunities for further research and development.

Throughout the Fellowship, I will be posting regular updates across my Twitter account, sharing a series of blogs via the Ethereum Foundation, and distributing my findings across public media.

If you are interested in contributing to the research, let's connect via email or Twitter