The World Bank is helping Honduras address its most pressing needs and development challenges to improve livelihoods and impact people’s lives.
Disaster Risk Management (DRM): In November 2020, Tropical Storms Eta and Iota hit Honduras and other Central American countries in succession, impacting more than 4.5 million Hondurans, resulting in 95 deaths and over 1 million More than one person was evacuated. The World Bank supports governments in emergency response and post-disaster recovery efforts, and to date this project has funded immediate emergency recovery efforts and benefited approximately 300,000 people (60,000 households). Ta. Additionally, we have supported resilient recovery efforts for critical infrastructure. The project has delivered 37 schools (a further 38 schools are still in various stages of implementation), taking flood risk into account and incorporating universal access wherever possible. Currently, five water supply projects and one health center are under construction, three bridges have been completed and two more are under construction.
Additionally, the Project on Disaster Risk Management (PGRD, in Spanish) helped Honduras strengthen its disaster prevention capacity at the local and national levels and improve its ability to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. Thanks to this project, 18 municipalities have adopted DRM and emergency planning, and 38 cities have improved livability, sustainability, and/or management with the project’s interventions. Ultimately, the project benefited 1.3 million people, 52% of whom were women.
Governance: The World Bank helped Honduras update its poverty measurement methodology to include the latest international standards. This will enable better targeting of social protection programs and informed policy decisions. The National Statistical Institute is supported with knowledge and capacity building to ensure successful implementation of the project.
Rural Development: The Rural Competitiveness Project (COMRURAL) has significantly contributed to improving the productivity, competitiveness and market linkages of 7,200 small-scale rural producers of coffee, dairy products, honey and other products. More than 14,000 households have benefited from the project, of which over 4,000 are female-headed and over 5,000 belong to indigenous communities. As part of the productive partnership, for every USD 1 invested in COMRURAL, USD 1.5 will be mobilized from private financial institutions, equivalent to approximately USD 12.5 million. This has improved financial inclusion and creditworthiness for smallholder farmers. Since 2008, the project has contributed to improving the competitiveness of the agricultural value chain, resulting in a 57% increase in the total sales volume of rural producers. COMRURAL-supported producers are responsible for producing nearly 30% of all specialty coffee exported from Honduras to the United States, Europe, and Asia.
In addition, the project to improve the livelihoods of the Miskito indigenous people of La Mosquitia will work with local communities to transform traditional practices of sustainable agriculture and fishing into more diverse, even in the face of multiple external shocks. and build resilient local production systems. Communities face challenges such as climate change. To date, we have been able to improve the lives of more than 1,200 direct beneficiaries through this project. Of these, 66% are women.
Health: The Honduras COVID-19 Emergency Response Project will help the Honduran government respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including expanding COVID-19 vaccination coverage, through support for mobile campaigns to reach particularly vulnerable and isolated populations. Helped fill critical gaps in the response to viral infections. The project supported the government in ensuring access to critical inputs, including personal protective equipment, which was distributed to all 20 health regions and 32 hospitals based on prioritization and evolving needs. I did. More than 640 pieces of medical and laboratory equipment were also procured and deployed to all 20 health regions. The project also supported digitization strategies to improve the quality and use of vaccination data for decision-making.
Last updated: October 7, 2024
