Honduras Global Governance

• 2014 - GDP per capita US$ 4700
• 2014 - life expectancy was 69 for males, and 73 for females
• 2014 - MMR 17.8 per 1000 live births
• Politically unstable, military control until 1982, but since then the elected government have been unable to control the security forces and deal with human rights
• Human rights issues include:

  • Unlawful use of force and corruption by the police
  • Killing in rural areas over land disputes
  • Gang culture
  • Poverty (44% of the population living on under $ 2 a day)
  • Limited access to healthcare and education
• USA provided $ 50 million in security aid between 2010 and 2014
• NGOs such as MOPAWI in La Mosquita work with indigineous communities to promote ecological sustainability and strengthen tactical knowledge and resource management
• Kenco, a TNC, launched Coffee vs Gangs which trains 20 young people who were at risk of gangs and crime to learn how to become coffee farmers (Honduras relies heavily on the agriculture sector) and they have lessons in maths and languages, which encourages other young people to follow in their footsteps
• The Honduran government set up the Commission for the Follow-Up of Investigations of Femicide in 2018 to investigate violence against women, violent deaths of women decreased by 12% compared to the first half of 2017
• Care International, an NGO, launched projects in rural Honduras to support nutrition education and child health, as well as providing cash and voucher assistance to respond to Covid-19 with
• First female president elected in 2022 who wants to improve women's rights such as by legalising abortion in some cases and supporting victims of domestic violence
• Opportunities:

  • Political stability is being achieved with US support and with the election of the first female leader
  • Bilateral links with the USA helps the economy and national security
  • Under the CAFTA-DR, small farmers are encouraged to increase their trade opportunities
  • The US and UN are implementing food security programmes and training citizens to respond to natural disasters in the wake of Hurricane Mitch in 1998
• Challenges

  • Rural to urban migration causes inequality and housing shortages, as well as problems with water supply and sanitation
  • Unequal access to education and healthcare still exists for girls and HIV-positive people
  • There are still attacks on journalists and discrimination against indigenous populations
  • Despite the Coffee vs Gangs programme, there is still lots of gang-related problems
• HDI increased from 0.461 in 1980 to 0.617 in 2013