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Tuesday 17 May 2011 |
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Fight
against
Poverty
in
Honduras
Postponed
Tegucigalpa
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The
Honduran
government
has
pushed
poverty
reduction
into
the
background
and
prioritized
the
implementation
of
programs
agreed
with
the
International
Monetary
Fund,
reported
an
economist
on
Monday.
According
to
the
National
Statistics
Institute,
in
this
country
of
eight
million
inhabitants,
60
percent
live
below
the
poverty
line,
and
in
rural
areas
the
rate
rises
to
65.4
percent.
The
government
only
uses
1.5
percent
of
GDP
on
social
spending,
while
focusing
on
improving
macroeconomic
indicators,
stated
to
the
press
Henry
Rodriguez,
who
is
an
expert
from
the
National
Autonomous
University
of
Honduras.
The
government's
interest
has
focused
on
implementing
the
program
of
measures
agreed
with
the
IMF,
but
we
must
not
forget
poverty,
Rodriguez
said.
A
mission
from
the
International
Monetary
Fund
is
launching
Monday
a
two-week
visit
to
Honduras,
where
it
will
evaluate
compliance
with
the
conditions
required
by
the
financial
institution
to
grant
a
loan
of
$83
million.
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