Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review

Honduras has experienced moderate economic growth in the past decade, in line with the rest of the region. Despite this growth track record, limited opportunities for decent jobs for the majority of workers have resulted in stagnant poverty and ine...

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Published: Washington, DC 2015
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
ADULTS
AGED
ALCOHOL ABUSE
ATTENDANCE RATE
ATTENDANCE RATES
AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES
BASIC EDUCATION
CANCER
CHILD MORTALITY
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CITIZEN
CLASS TIME
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPLETION RATES
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
CRIME
CURRICULA
DIABETES
DISABILITY
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELDERLY
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUITABLE EDUCATION
EXERCISES
FAMILIES
FAMILY CARE
GENDER GAP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INJURIES
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
JOB TRAINING
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY PROGRAMS
LITERACY RATE
LITERACY SURVEY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MANDATES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
MEASLES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCIL
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NATIONAL GOALS
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NET ENROLLMENT
NET ENROLLMENT RATE
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
NUMERACY
NUTRITION
NUTRITION INDICATORS
OLD-AGE
PENSIONS
POLITICAL TURMOIL
POOR FAMILIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CALENDAR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL DAYS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL MEALS
SCHOOL NETWORKS
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCIENCE STUDY
SECOND LANGUAGE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE QUALITY
SERVICE TRAINING
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
TEACHER
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER SHORTAGES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER UNIONS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBANIZATION
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION
ADULTS
AGED
ALCOHOL ABUSE
ATTENDANCE RATE
ATTENDANCE RATES
AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES
BASIC EDUCATION
CANCER
CHILD MORTALITY
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CITIZEN
CLASS TIME
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPLETION RATES
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
CRIME
CURRICULA
DIABETES
DISABILITY
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELDERLY
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUITABLE EDUCATION
EXERCISES
FAMILIES
FAMILY CARE
GENDER GAP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INJURIES
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
JOB TRAINING
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY PROGRAMS
LITERACY RATE
LITERACY SURVEY
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MANDATES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
MEASLES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCIL
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
NATIONAL GOALS
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NET ENROLLMENT
NET ENROLLMENT RATE
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
NUMERACY
NUTRITION
NUTRITION INDICATORS
OLD-AGE
PENSIONS
POLITICAL TURMOIL
POOR FAMILIES
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CALENDAR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL DAYS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL MEALS
SCHOOL NETWORKS
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCIENCE STUDY
SECOND LANGUAGE
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE QUALITY
SERVICE TRAINING
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
TEACHER
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER SHORTAGES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER UNIONS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBANIZATION
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
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description Honduras has experienced moderate economic growth in the past decade, in line with the rest of the region. Despite this growth track record, limited opportunities for decent jobs for the majority of workers have resulted in stagnant poverty and inequality rates that are still the highest in Central America (CA). In parallel, progress in human development indicators has also been mixed in the last decade. In education, while primary enrollment has significantly increased, low coverage at all other levels of education, inequalities in access and low quality persist. In health, Honduras is close to achieving the 2015 child mortality Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but maternal mortality, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and violence pose additional challenges. And despite advances in setting up a social protection system, fiscal sustainability and lack of coordination among interventions prevail, undermining poverty reduction efforts. The ability of the Honduras government to expand safety nets, to increase the access and quality of public education and health services, to engage in active labor market policies, and to improve human development indicators in general, remains limited for a number of reasons. First, overall real social public spending has been on the decline in the last few years. Second, low revenues and fiscal deterioration pose challenges to adequately financing needed social sector improvements. Third, challenges in budget formulation and execution (mainly due to institutional factors) also diminish the impact of social spending. But more importantly, Honduras needs to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its social spending. This note argues that moving forward Honduras should prioritize three main aspects: a) to rationalize and increase the effectiveness of social public spending by enhancing the pro-poor features of targeting mechanisms; b) to significantly redress the imbalance between recurrent spending, especially the wage bill, and capital expenditure; and c) to continue strengthening information systems tools, legislation, and institutions in an effort to consolidate programs into fewer and higher impact interventions.
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title Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
title_short Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
title_full Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
title_fullStr Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
title_full_unstemmed Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review
title_sort honduras social expenditures and institutional review
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/24365018/honduras-social-expenditures-institutional-review
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21804
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spelling okr-10986-218042021-04-23T14:04:05Z Honduras Social Expenditures and Institutional Review World Bank ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION ADULTS AGED ALCOHOL ABUSE ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES BASIC EDUCATION CANCER CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CITIZEN CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPLETION RATES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CRIME CURRICULA DIABETES DISABILITY DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ELDERLY ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE EDUCATION EXERCISES FAMILIES FAMILY CARE GENDER GAP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAWS LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY PROGRAMS LITERACY RATE LITERACY SURVEY LIVING CONDITIONS LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION MANDATES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEASLES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCIL NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM NATIONAL GOALS NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PRIORITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NET ENROLLMENT NET ENROLLMENT RATE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMERACY NUTRITION NUTRITION INDICATORS OLD-AGE PENSIONS POLITICAL TURMOIL POOR FAMILIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL SCHOOL RURAL SCHOOLS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL NETWORKS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCIENCE STUDY SECOND LANGUAGE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE TRAINING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER SHORTAGES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER UNIONS TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATIONS URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Honduras has experienced moderate economic growth in the past decade, in line with the rest of the region. Despite this growth track record, limited opportunities for decent jobs for the majority of workers have resulted in stagnant poverty and inequality rates that are still the highest in Central America (CA). In parallel, progress in human development indicators has also been mixed in the last decade. In education, while primary enrollment has significantly increased, low coverage at all other levels of education, inequalities in access and low quality persist. In health, Honduras is close to achieving the 2015 child mortality Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but maternal mortality, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and violence pose additional challenges. And despite advances in setting up a social protection system, fiscal sustainability and lack of coordination among interventions prevail, undermining poverty reduction efforts. The ability of the Honduras government to expand safety nets, to increase the access and quality of public education and health services, to engage in active labor market policies, and to improve human development indicators in general, remains limited for a number of reasons. First, overall real social public spending has been on the decline in the last few years. Second, low revenues and fiscal deterioration pose challenges to adequately financing needed social sector improvements. Third, challenges in budget formulation and execution (mainly due to institutional factors) also diminish the impact of social spending. But more importantly, Honduras needs to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its social spending. This note argues that moving forward Honduras should prioritize three main aspects: a) to rationalize and increase the effectiveness of social public spending by enhancing the pro-poor features of targeting mechanisms; b) to significantly redress the imbalance between recurrent spending, especially the wage bill, and capital expenditure; and c) to continue strengthening information systems tools, legislation, and institutions in an effort to consolidate programs into fewer and higher impact interventions. 2015-04-28T16:27:25Z 2015-04-28T16:27:25Z 2014-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/24365018/honduras-social-expenditures-institutional-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21804 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Latin America & Caribbean