Understanding the Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Honduras

With a population of seven million, Honduras is the second most populous country in Central America. It is also the second poorest country in the region with an annual per capita income of less than US$ 1,000. Two out of every three people in Hondu...

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Main Authors:	Jansen, Hans G.P., Siegel, Paul B., Alwang, Jeff, Pichón, Francisco
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGE CAPACITY BUILDING CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE COUNTRY CASE CYCLE OF POVERTY DEGRADATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISSEMINATION DIVERSIFICATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARMERS FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL ECONOMY HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LAND LAND RIGHTS LAND USE LANDHOLDINGS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOOD CHOICES LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MALNUTRITION MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NATURAL SHOCKS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICIES POPULATION DENSITIES POPULOUS COUNTRY POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PROVISION PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC PROGRAMS ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INVESTMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMALL LANDHOLDINGS SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL SERVICES SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN CENTERS VULNERABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/7012698/understanding-drivers-sustainable-rural-growth-poverty-reduction-honduras http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10315

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Summary:	With a population of seven million, Honduras is the second most populous country in Central America. It is also the second poorest country in the region with an annual per capita income of less than US$ 1,000. Two out of every three people in Honduras are poor (per capita income less than US$ 1.50/day); and three out of every four poor people are extremely poor (per capita income less than US$ 1.00/day). Social indicators such as child malnutrition rate (17 percent), life expectancy at birth (66 years), child mortality rate (32 per 1000 births), and literacy rate (less than three-quarters of the population) are among the poorest in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.

Understanding the Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Honduras

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