Honduras : Public Expenditure Management for Poverty Reduction and Fiscal Sustainability

As a highly indebted poor country, Honduras faces a dual challenge of reducing poverty while ensuring medium-term sustainability of its public spending to avoid recurrence of over indebtedness. This Public Expenditure Review (PER) is intended to co...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AGGREGATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE AGGREGATE SPENDING AIRPORTS AVERAGE LEVEL BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET SYSTEM BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS BUDGETARY RESOURCES BUREAUCRACY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING CLINICS COST RECOVERY CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEBT SERVICE DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DEFICITS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELECTRICITY EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTION EXERCISES EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE GROUP FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL FISCAL CONTROL FISCAL COSTS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOVERNMENT REVENUE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INSTITUTIONAL OBSTACLES INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES INSURANCE LABOR UNIONS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFE EXPECTANCY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANAGERS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MORTALITY POLITICAL PARTIES POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION GOALS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCING POVERTY REGULATORY BODY RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROADS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SCHOOLS SECTOR STRUCTURES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SHORT TERM SOCIAL EXPENDITURE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TARGETING PERFORMANCE TAX TRANSPARENCY VACCINATION WORKERS WORKPLACE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGETARY PROCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES MEDIUM TERM PLANS HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION GOVERNANCE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT QUALITY OF EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLANNING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1551976/honduras-public-expenditure-management-poverty-reduction-fiscal-sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15506

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Summary:	As a highly indebted poor country, Honduras faces a dual challenge of reducing poverty while ensuring medium-term sustainability of its public spending to avoid recurrence of over indebtedness. This Public Expenditure Review (PER) is intended to contribute to the government's overall poverty reduction efforts through efficient use of public resources and fiscally sustainable improvement in public services. It provides an assessment of Honduras' institutional capacity for good expenditure management and identifies key policy priorities in selected sector (health, education, and infrastructure). A good institutional arrangement of effective public expenditure management requires achieving the three inter-related objectives of aggregate fiscal discipline, allocation of resources to strategic priorities, and operational efficiency. One of the problems in Honduras' public expenditure management that can be tackled immediately is the need for improvement in the budget classification system for better fiscal transparency. Besides, a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) is useful to guide budgetary decision-making that balances medium-term fiscal affordability/sustainability and strategic priorities of policies and expenditure programs. This report presents an illustration that emphasizes developing a MTEF for personnel expenditures, whose control is critical for fiscal sustainability and the government's ability to fund other critical spending item for poverty reduction.

Honduras : Public Expenditure Management for Poverty Reduction and Fiscal Sustainability

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