Private Solutions for Infrastructure in Honduras : A Country Framework Report

This document is designed to promote the development of infrastructure services in Honduras, with the aim of improving the country's competitiveness and contributing to poverty reduction. Its central argument is that Honduras needs a significant increase in private investment in infrastructure services, which should take place in a more competitive environment, and be subject to an adequate legal and regulatory framework. The study details the progress to date in Honduran infrastructure sectors, identifying the principal problems that exist and outlining a strategy for their solution. It proposes a general set of principles that should guide the provision of infrastructure services. In addition, it recommends specific policies for each sector. The document's scope includes the following services: transportation, water and sanitation, electricity, and telecommunications. Part 1 presents an overview of general themes related to the development of infrastructure services and to private participation in all the sub-sectors. Part 2 presents an analysis of the current situation of the four infrastructure services covered in this study. One of the major recommendations is the need to establish participative and transparent planning, and policy development processes so that policies are given legitimacy. The report also calls for strengthened regulation, and a rethinking on how to execute regulation, suggesting the creation of a sole regulatory entity. It suggests increased access is the key to reducing poverty, and that any subsidies should be oriented toward this end. It further discusses the potential role of private agents in achieving the improvements in quality and service needed to promote competitiveness, and, emphasizes the need to recoup the costs of services to make them sustainable. In this context, the report proposes a general framework to define the respective future roles of public and private agencies, as well as public and private financing, in the infrastructure sectors, while suggesting priorities for using public funds in the future development of the services.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Public–Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2003
Subjects:	AIRPORTS, AUCTION, AUTONOMY, BENCHMARKING, BIDDING PROCESS, BUS, CABLE, CABLE TELEVISION, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL MARKETS, CAPITALIZATION, CAR, CELLULAR PHONE, COMMERCIAL EFFICIENCY, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVE WHOLESALE MARKET, CONCESSION, CONCESSION CONTRACT, CONCESSIONAIRES, CONCESSIONS, CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY, DEBT, DEFICITS, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, ELECTRICAL ENERGY, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY CRISIS, ENERGY SECTOR, FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCING SOURCES, FIXED LINE TELEPHONE, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FREIGHT, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, GENERATION, GENERATORS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH IN TRAFFIC, GROWTH RATES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY DESIGN, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, HIGHWAY TOLLS, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, INSURANCE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INVENTORY, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT SPENDING, KEY INFRASTRUCTURE, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL STATUS, LICENSES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LONG-DISTANCE, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATURAL RESOURCES, NETWORK TRAFFIC, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, OUTSOURCING, PASSENGERS, PENSIONS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PERSONAL TRANSPORT, POWER, POWER PURCHASE, POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, PRICE OF WATER, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRIVATE FINANCING, PRIVATE INVESTOR, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC CORPORATIONS, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC­ PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC­PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, REGULATORS, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY SYSTEMS, RETIREMENT, REVENUE COLLECTION, ROAD, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROADS, RURAL ROADS, SANITATION, SANITATION PROVIDERS, SANITATION SECTOR, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SERVICE REGULATION, SUBSIDIARY, TAX, TAX REVENUES, TAXATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, TELEPHONE CALLS, TELEPHONE SERVICE, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC VOLUME, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN CONGESTION, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRANSPORT, UTILITIES, VEHICLE, WATER, WATER REGULATION, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER SYSTEMS, WHOLESALE MARKET,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/07/6766070/private-solutions-infrastructure-honduras https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14829
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