1. Poverty Reduction Strategy and Politics.
HONDURAS:
Poverty Reduction Strategy and Politics.
Juan Zaratiegui Biurrun,
Coordinator
G 16 PRS Follow Up Technical Group
4th LAC PRS DONOR NETWORK MEETING
World Bank, June 14 and 15, 2007

2. HONDURAS: Political CultureUD
Two almost centenary mainstream parties receive 93% of the votes.
Political parties without clear ideologies.
Mainstream political parties are composed of competing factions (corrientes).
Highly personalized around faction leaders which are elected in primaries.
Political debate about electoral promises, more than programmes.
President cannot be re-elected.
Heavily clientelistic political system, Government as an Employment Agency.
No professional public administration in most ministries and institutions.
Poor management of Government.
No clear plans or policies.
Weak partisan control of Congress benches.
Strong influence of economic pressure groups.

3. HONDURAS: PRS has survived three different Governments of two different parties.
Source: Government of Honduras
President Flores
President Maduro
President Zelaya

4. ? HONDURAS: In the last 6 years no significant
impact on poverty has been detected. ?
Source: Government of Honduras

5. HONDURAS: The many faces of PRS
Government: Million Lempiras, encompassing all social spending with a framework document to keep donors happy.
Donors: A National Strategy to reduce poverty and reach the MDGs in 2015, using Debt Relief, National Resources and International Cooperation.
Municipalities: 700 Million Lempiras each year for Projects.
Population: A fund for Municipalities? Projects for NGOs? Funds from Debt Relief?
Civil Society: Debt Relief, channelled through NGOs to reduce poverty
Congress: Fund for Municipalities and for Congress members to manage social projects.

6. WE NEED A CLEAR AND CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISSUES
HONDURAS:
What the PRS needs
Clear Macroeconomic Framework
Clear Medium Term Budgetary Framework
Clear Programmatic Framework
Clear political and institutional framework
Solid Sector Strategies in Education and Health
Strengthen the role of the CCERP (Civil Society)
Solid Monitoring System
Reform Measures Macroeconomic stability and Fiscal reform
More transparency and accountability
WE NEED A CLEAR AND CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT ON THIS ISSUES

7. HONDURAS: How do we dialogue? G16 - Harmonization Budget Support
PRS - Alignment
Work with Civil Society, Political Parties, Congress, Media to improve everyone's knowledge of PRS
Sector Level (Tripartite Dialogue)
Being Political Vs. Being Diplomatic