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Honduras's Growth Performance During 1970-1997
Mr. V. Hugo Juan-Ramon
For more than three decades, Honduras’s average annual growth in real per capita GDP has been almost zero and highly uneven, even though its total investment-to-GDP ratio has been relatively large. This paper argues that policy and efficiency variables seem to have had less of an influence on growth in Honduras than they had on other countries. Instead, lack of growth can be attributed to the offsetting negative influence of low labor and capital productivity, which result from deficient levels of human capital and inadequate composition of investment. Other constraints to growth in Honduras include inadequate physical and institutional infrastructures.
Keywords:
PDP; Honduras; GDP; growth performance; growth; input productivity; human capital; investment composition; Honduras's policy; rate of return; Honduras's percentage; marginal productivity; case in Honduras; productivity of the labor force; productivity of labor; experience of Honduras; low level; policy-related variable; Gross fixed investment; Private investment; Gross capital formation
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Social Protection in Transition Countries: Emerging Issues
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
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Mr. Ke-young Chu
The paper discusses the social protection implications of the weakening financial and administrative capacity of countries undergoing economic transition. The formal sector is shrinking, and unemployment and underemployment are rising rapidly. This is affecting both the revenue base of social protection programs and the ability of these countries to target social benefits. These developments make it imperative for these countries to restructure social benefits, rely more on self-targeting mechanisms to deliver benefits, as well as take immediate steps to improve payroll tax compliance. This is a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment and the author(s) would welcome any comments on the present text Citations should refer to a Paper on Policy Analysis and Assessment of the International Monetary Fund, mentioning the author(s) and the date of issuance. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Fund.
Keywords:
PDP; transition country; country; wage; government; wage bill; government cash benefit; wage fund; sector wage; retirement age; earnings history; Wages; Income; Payroll tax; Pension spending; Aging; Baltics; Eastern Europe