USAID Honduras
Since its creation, USAID has provided more than $3 billion in economic assistance to Honduras. These funds have focused on improving the socioeconomic development of the country by promoting economic stability, rapid and sustained economic growth, and the equitable distribution of the benefits of this growth. These goals have been attained by promoting Honduran efforts to support:
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strengthened democratic institutions, |
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diversification of agricultural production, |
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expansion of exports, |
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promotion of microenterprise, |
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protection of the environment, |
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improvement of food security and sanitary conditions, |
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increased access to health services, |
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expansion and improvement of the quality of elementary and vocational education, and |
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provision of training opportunities. |
Significant results have been achieved over the years through USAID's joint efforts with the people and Government of Honduras and other donors. For example:
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in 1960, less than 30% of Hondurans had access to potable water; today, more than 75% do; |
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illiteracy rates have dropped from 50% to 18.5% between 1960 and today; |
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areas where wildlife is protected did not exist 25 years ago; today, about 5,800quare miles are under improved management as national parks or wildlife refuges; |
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nontraditional exports have increased, providing employment to thousands of Hondurans; and |
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the successful completion of the Hurricane Mitch Reconstruction Program, not only helped restore the country to pre-Hurricane Mitch levels, but to also to make Honduras stronger and more capable of sustaining its own development. |
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