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	Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and an independent republic with the demise of the union in 1838=1840.
		Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
		The patron saint of Honduras is the Virgin of Suyapa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honduras (1985 words)

	Honduras - Local Government
		The municipalities are administered by elected corporations, deliberative organs that are accountable to the courts of justice for abuses, and are supposed to be autonomous or independent of the central government's powers.
		The municipal corporations consist of a mayor (alcalde), who is the paramount executive authority in a municipality, and a municipal council that varies in size depending on the population of the municipality.
		Municipalities with annual revenue of more than one million lempiras are to have an auditor named by the municipal corporation; however, in the early 1990s, the majority of Honduran municipalities had an annual revenue of less than one million lempiras.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/88.htm (987 words)

	Transformation: Honduras
		Honduras was governed by the current President Ricardo Maduro(2002-2006) and his government in the period from early 2003 to early2005.
		Honduras' level of development as measured by the HDI and otherindicators is low and does not provide citizens with sufficientdevelopment opportunities.
		Honduras is currently facing a trial against ElSalvador in the International Court of Justice at The Hague.Nicaragua had to suspend its 35% extraordinary tariff on all importedHonduran goods when the Honduran parliament threatened with applyingthe same measure to Nicaraguan imports.
	www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de /103.0.html?&L=1 (6553 words)

	Departments of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Central American nation of Honduras is currently divided into 18 departments (departamentos).
		Each department is headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Honduras.
		Islas de la Bahía department is founded (the islands were ceded to Honduras by the United Kingdom in 1860).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Departments_of_Honduras (269 words)

	Honduras - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
		Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and an independent republic with the demise of the union in 1840.
		During the 1980s, Honduras was used by anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Nicaraguan government and an ally to El Salvadoran government forces fighting against leftist guerrillas.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/o/n/Honduras.html (1728 words)

	News Archive - Honduras
		In Honduras two areas are heavily affected by the drought; firstly, the south of the Francisco Morazán Department, the departments of Valle and Choluteca and the south of the Department El Paraíso and secondly part of the northern areas of the departments of El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán and the Department of Comayagua.
		Honduras President Ricardo Maduro has declared a national emergency due to the country's dengue epidemic, when announcing the measures the government will implement to fight the disease.
		In addition, World Vision Honduras supports communities and projects to organise their own focus groups to promote use of participatory and integral education methodologies that contribute to improving the quality of life of young Hondurans.
	www.wvi.org /wvi/archives/lacro/honduras.htm (1911 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report 12-11-98
		APSO, through its volunteers based in Honduras, is organising the supply of food, medicine and clothes for the jungle communities with which they work, although the logistical problems resulting from damage to the road network, and the poor communications, continue to hamper their efforts.
		The devastation caused by mudslides in Honduras is ample evidence of this.
		Honduras, which bore the brunt of the storm, is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with 82 per cent of the population living below the poverty line.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-98/12nov98/sect4.htm (10233 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras is a republic in Central America; it borders on Guatemala and El Salvador on the west and Nicaragua on the south.
		The economy of Honduras is based on agriculture and is one of the least advanced in Central America.
		Honduras was the world's leading source of bananas until the 1950s, when disease, storm damage, and labor troubles hampered the industry and national leaders sought to diversify production.
	www.ourlittleroses.org /honduras.htm (1041 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras is a constitutional democracy, with a president and a unicameral congress elected by separate ballot for 4-year terms.
		Honduras was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		Honduras is primarily a source, but also a transit, country for trafficked children and women to neighboring countries and the United States.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18336.htm (14166 words)

	State Party Report - Honduras
		Honduras has tried to renegotiate conditions for the repayment of its external debt, but with little success, and is seriously affected by this since it has to devote nearly 40 per cent of its national income to debt, which has a negative impact on possibilities for social investment.
		Honduras agrees with the Committee that the process of preparing a report for submission to the Committee provides an important opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review of the various measures undertaken to harmonize law and policy with the Convention and to monitor progress made in the enjoyment of the rights set forth in the Convention.
		In Honduras, the NPA was approved by the President of the Republic at a session of the Social Cabinet on 27 November 1991.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/tbodies/crc-c-65-add2.htm (16580 words)

	USAID: Honduras
		In 2001, training was provided to more than 9,800 people from 305 municipalities to better manage and protect natural resources, plan for and mitigate disasters, collect and manage city revenues, and foster citizen participation.
		USAID activities in 2001 resulted in an average annual increase of 15.4 percent of municipal income as compared to the year 2000.
		In addition to helping cities across the nation improve the effectiveness of their administration, USAID is supporting the Association of Municipalities of Honduras’ (AMHON) aggressive advocacy efforts for decentralization.
	www.usaid.gov /hn/municipaldev.htm (385 words)

	Honduras News This Week
		The result is that air travel into Honduras from the USA is costlier that it is to the rest of the Caribbean and Central America.
		On one side, this deregulation is the result of an effort by the central government to privatize the administration of the four international airports in the form of a 20 to 25 year concession contract.
		Other municipalities that have passed a law to keep them "dry" are Dulce Nombre de Culmi and Punuare in Olancho; Tambla in Lempira; It is interesting to note that his law prohibits the sale of beer and any other alcoholic beverages within the county limits.
	www.honduras.com /thisweek/archive/99-08-03.htm (1019 words)

	Honduras This Week National
		The event that will be simultaneously held in the Municipal Gymnasium in San Pedro Sula and in the lower area of the National Congress in Tegucigalpa, is hoping to recollect five million Lempiras from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Teguz and from 9:00 am to 10:00 PM In San Pedro.
		It is foreseen, for Honduras, the restoration of the Omoa Fortress and also the Rio Amarillo’s restoration, a water and establishment project for the Castilian community and Copan’s airport.
		Honduras currently has a central government that, according to Fernando Garcia of the Municipal Association of Honduras, is very far from the people.
	www.marrder.com /htw/2004jul/national.htm (5901 words)

	Innovative Solutions - Building Local Capacities for the Design and Delivery of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the approval of the Honduran Water and Sanitation Law, municipalities are given an increased responsibility in the delivery of sustainable water and sanitation services.
		Municipalities, mostly rural and with limited technical capacity to design and deliver sustainable WSS, are increasingly active in identifying ways to confront the challenge.
		The objective of the operational guide is to strengthen the capacities of municipalities, local NGOs, and local water boards in the design, construction, and implementation of sustainable rural water supply and sanitation.
	www.wsp.org /03_IS_story.asp?InSolutionsID=46 (302 words)

	Honduras
		Honduras is a constitutional democracy, with a president and a unicameral congress elected for 4-year terms.
		The Center, working with the municipal authorities and with children's rights organizations, would initiate contact on the streets with abandoned children, meet their basic needs, then offer counseling and formal or vocational training to help reincorporate them into society.
		Kimi de Honduras, a South Korean-owned maquiladora with a history of labor troubles, closed its doors in May and laid off over 600 employees, most of whom were women.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/wha/index.cfm?docid=801 (14398 words)

	Honduras Departments
		Honduras has been an independent country during the entire 20th century.
		Aside from that, the departments are further subdivided into 282 municipalities.
		Islas de la Bahía consists of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, of which the largest are Roatán, Guanaja, Utila, Barbareta; and, farther offshore, the Islas Santanilla.
	www.statoids.com /uhn.html (588 words)

	Higher Education Partners for Development in Honduras
		Develop information on the current status of efforts to improve the financial management systems of rural municipalities in Honduras and potential sources of funds for addressing this need in the Yeguare region.
		Organize and conduct a one-week workshop at Zamorano for Zamorano and U.S. university personnel, municipal mayors and citizen-leaders from Yeguare, and representatives of NGO´s and Honduran government agencies to develop a draft of a project proposal to address the project goal.
		In early January 1999, David Allee (Cornell University) visited Honduras to confer with Zamorano staff, local officials in the Yeguare region, the Association of Honduran Municipalities (AMHON), Honduran government agencies concerned with community development, and AID/Honduras and UNDP/Honduras.
	www.zamorano.edu /alo/areas4b.html (423 words)

	News from Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kativo de Honduras SA donated Lps42,000 worth of personal hygienic materials such as paper towels, disposable diapers, skin hygienic lotion, and alcohol in gel form for dispensors.
		The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) donated $170,000 to Honduras for the purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies for the shelters in which victims of Hurricane Gamma are being housed.
		Through a partnership with the Diocese of Honduras, ERD is supplying relief such as food, medical assistance, shelter, clothing, and mattresses.
	www.projecthonduras.com /whatshot.htm (3095 words)

	Global Voices Online » Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James compares and contrasts Honduras’ telenovelas with the soap operas of the United States commenting that “they both always feature incredibly rich families living in mansions with no discernable jobs or businesses to pay for their opulent dwellings, with nothing better to do with their days than scheme against one another.”
		Honduras Daily News covers the Conference on Honduras 2006 to be held at the Copan Ruins.
		Honduras y el Mundo (ES), Opiniones Irreverentes (ES), Nuerocosmo (ES), and Hector A. Castillo (ES) are all filled with poetic pessimism by the state of Honduras’ democracy.
	www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/americas/honduras (3380 words)

	Unit for Social Depelopment and Education
		Honduras has an education system that requires various measures in different areas.
		For instance, according to official figures for 2000, the illiteracy rate among the population aged 15 to 24 is 19.5%; net primary school enrollment (among children aged 6 to 14) is 66%.
		Therefore, Honduras faces the major challenge of providing the necessary tools for people to succeed in the labor market, given the formal education deficit among the population.
	www.oas.org /udse/english/Honduras.html (658 words)

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		The Honduras UNDAF has been commended by the UNDG for its far-sightedness and linkage to the PRSP, as well as for providing concrete examples of collaboration, such as the Democracy Trust Fund, the HIV/AIDS Forum and the Joint Disaster Management System.
		Honduras carries a disproportionate burden of the pandemic in Latin America, with more than one half of all cases reported from the Central America region.
		As the Honduras PRSP states, “Poverty is part of an institutional environment that can either heighten or diminish it.” A critical part of fighting poverty is thus ensuring an appropriate level of efficiency and transparency within the Government and in institutions that promote participatory democracy.
	www.undp.org /execbrd/word/DPCCFHON2.doc (4652 words)

	Mike Jones in Peace Corps Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Honduras has an amazing number of national parks and protected areas, but there is no one to patrol these parks and enforce the laws because there is no money.
		Yuscaran produces a large proportion of the guaro in Honduras, which seems to be the consensus national drink of Honduras.
		Peace Corps Honduras has also decided to include working with the agroforestry cooperatives in the project plan for the natural resources sector, so Jorge wanted to use the meeting as a way to figure out some specifics for the volunteers.
	peacecorps.mtu.edu /jones.htm (17556 words)

	Inf. 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Honduras, annual bean production ranges between 43,000 to 45,000 cubic tons, that is, an estimated 950,000 quintales.
		Nevertheless, in numerous municipalities of Honduras and the rest of Central America, Crude planting represents almost 100% of second crop production for small farmers.
		These systems could be observed from the second week of September until late November in the municipalities of El Corpus, Concepcion de Maria and Choluteca in the southern region of the country.
	cidicco.hn /newcidiccoenglish/inf17.htm (766 words)

	DRM - News & Events
		DRM presented the new Building Code to an audience of engineers, construction professionals, municipal technicians and representatives of government agencies on December 10, 2004 at the National University in Managua.
		DRM was short listed and invited by the Ministry of Finance of Honduras to present a proposal for the execution of the World Bank loan supported Natural Disaster Mitigation Project.
		The invitation is for the components which deal with the vulnerability analysis and identification of mitigation measures, including the design of a plan for capacity building at the municipal level.
	www.disasterisk.com /news (5137 words)

	CHF International: Honduras
		CHF has been working continuously in Honduras since 1985, working in partnership with the country’s residents on a variety of programs that are empowering local communities.
		The Honduras office is also negotiating with various funding sources, with the goal of enlarging its portfolio and client base, and expanding the range of its loan products.
		CHF International has a long history in Honduras of supporting both non-governmental organizations and government agencies in strengthening their institutional capacity.
	www.chfhq.org /section/honduras (445 words)

	Disaster - Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas
		Several municipalities in Central America are adopting innovative risk management and prevention measures to reduce their vulnerability to disasters.
		As a starting point, model practices were identified in several municipalities in Honduras (San Pedro Sula y la Mamuca), El Salvador (San Salvador) y Nicaragua (Estelí y Managua).
		The municipalities, in turn, will train community leaders and members of local emergency committees in their municipalities.
	www.disaster-info.net /newsletter/93/hpg.htm (339 words)

	Direct payments to households in poor countries could improve maternal & child health
		Results of a study from Honduras in this week's issue of THE LANCET show how direct cash payments from government to poor families improves the take-up of antenatal and infant health services.
		Scaling-up of effective preventive interventions in child and maternal health is often restricted in developing countries by a lack of demand for health services from the local population.
		Saul Morris (now at the UK Department for International Development) and colleagues studied households from 70 municipalities in Honduras with the highest rates of malnutrition.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-12/l-dpt120104.php (464 words)

	Honduras Activities
		PHRplus contributes policy and system strengthening support to complement major efforts already underway in Honduras to reform health care policy and improve the delivery of primary health services, especially priority services such as reproductive health and child survival.
		Strengthening management: PHRplus/Honduras has, among other activities, supported health planning at all levels of the MOH, improved the integration of HIS systems in the MOH, improved community participation in health planning at the local level, and developed a policy to expand Community Drug Funds.
		PHRplus has ficilitated interaction between region 5 and each of the municipalities, establishing a venue for regional advisors to share their priorities for the health sector.
	www.phrplus.org /countries_hon.html (377 words)

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