Economic Growth

USAID interventions in Economic Growth focus on improving trade, agriculture, and protecting the environment.  The Economic Growth Office improves the business environment, promotes economic diversification, and increases investment and trade at the local, regional, and international levels that will, in turn, contribute to poverty reduction.

Honduras’s poor are threatened by even greater risk of vulnerability as a result of the global food price crisis, fuel crisis, and the associated rapid rise of the price of the basic food basket. The reverberations of the global oil price increases on household energy and transportation costs are further contributing to the inability of rural households to meet their daily nutritional needs. To address these issues, USAID is focusing on economic diversification, particularly in rural areas, by enhancing productivity and greater access to markets. For more information on this program, click here: Agricultural Diversification.

In a globalized business environment, to take advantage of freer market opportunities and comply with free trade requirements, businesses will want to work more with the Government of Honduras to eliminate policy constraints that reduce their competitiveness in the global economy. USAID helps to identify these constraints and works with key public and private stakeholders to eliminate them. For more information on this program, click here: Trade and Investment.

Food security issues in Honduras are heightened by a long term economic crisis. Honduras suffers from high unemployment rates, low incomes, and the elevated cost of food, all of which are important factors in food security.   USAID’s food security program promotes infant and young child nutrition, and access to food through agricultural training and through food distribution. For more information on the programs, click here: Food Security.