Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Honduras : a checklist with description of a new ochlerine genus

Through collecting, surveys of museum collections, and search of the literature, we are able to list 181 species of Pentatomidae as occurring within the boundaries of the Republic of Honduras. Most of these, 129, around 70%, are widespread in the American tropics. Twenty-nine species are new country records, reported for Honduras for the first time. Four species of pentatomids are endemic to Honduras including a new genus and species of ochlerine (Discocephalinae) herein described. Although a few species extend from South America into Honduras (the Gondwanan element), and a few from North America extend into Honduras (the Nearctic element), the most important faunal element is one which is native to nuclear Central America.Con colectas, revisiones de las colecciones de museos, y revisiones de literaturas, se puede enumerar 181 especies de Pentatomidae distribuidas dentro de los límites de la república de Honduras. La mayoría de éstos, 129, alrededor del 70%, se extienden en las zonas tropicales americanas. Veinte y nueve especies son nuevos registros en el país, reportados en Honduras por primera vez. Cuatro especies de pentatómidos son endémicas de Honduras incluyendo un nuevo género y especie de Ochlerini (Discocephalinae) adjunto descrito. Aunque algunas especies se extienden de Sudamérica a Honduras (el elemento de Gondwana), y algunas de Norteamérica se extienden dentro Honduras (el elemento neárctico), el elemento más importante de la fauna es aquel que es nativo del núcleo de la región centroamericana

Honduras

Honduras is located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean) between El Salvador and Nicaragua. It is 43,278 square miles (112,090 sq. km), consisting of mountains in the interior and narrow coastal plains. It has a population of 8,893,259, and a high percentage of Hondurans live in the two major western cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegu-cigalpa, the capital city (CIA 2016). Ninety percent of the Honduran population is mestizo, or mixed Amerindian and European descent. The remaining inhabitants are 7 percent Amerindian, 2 percent black, and 1 percent white. Spanish is the nation’s official language. Several indig-enous Amerindian languages, including Garifuna and Miskita, are also spoken (Westmoreland 2016). There are many indigenous populations: the Lenca, Pech, Tawahka, Xicaque, Maya Chorti, Misquito, and Garifuna. “The Gar-ifuna are of mixed, Afro-Carib origin and were moved to the area during the colonial period. There is also an Afro-Honduran Creole English-speaking minority group of around twenty thousand who live mainly in the Hondu-ran Bay Islands” (Minority Rights 2017)

The Recent Impact of Government Transfers on Poverty in Honduras and Alternatives to Enhance their Effects

This paper characterises income poverty in Honduras during the first half of 2007, and assesses the impact that some government transfers have had on it. The characterisation of income poverty shows that it is possible to eradicate poverty in Honduras solely through redistribution, despite its being a low-income country. The analysis of the incidence and impact of government transfers reveals that they do reach the poor, but that they are not very effective in reducing the poverty headcount ratio or in alleviating poverty by reducing its intensity and severity. Nonetheless, the counterfactual simulations presented here show that improvements in targeting and increases in the amount transferred could significantly enhance the impact of government transfers on poverty in Honduras. (...)The Recent Impact of Government Transfers on Poverty in Honduras and Alternatives to Enhance their Effects

Territorial and Maritime Dispute Between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras)

Report on Nicaragua v. Honduras, decided October 8, 2007 before the International Court of Justice

Honduras Since the Coup: Economic and Social Outcomes

This paper presents a broad overview of economic and social trends in Honduras since 2006, including the years following the military coup of June 2009. It finds that economic inequality in Honduras has increased dramatically since 2010, while poverty has worsened, unemployment has increased and underemployment has risen sharply, with many more workers receiving less than the minimum wage. While some of the decline was initially due to the global recession that began in 2008, much of it is a result of policy choices, including a decrease in social spending

Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras

This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage points is attributable to the wage premium paid to maquila workers, 0.1 percentage points to the wage premium received by women in the maquila sector, and 1 percentage point to employment creation. Given that female maquila workers represent only 1.1 percent of the active population in Honduras, this contribution to poverty reduction is significant.Trade liberalization; maquila; poverty; gender wage gap; Honduras

Worker Rights Consortium Assessment re Rights of Association of Russell Athletic and Fruit of the Loom Employees in Honduras: Analysis of Employee Interviews- Findings and Recommendations

WRC report on its assessment of labor violations at two factories in Honduras. Includes recommendations for remedial actions

Case Summary: Star S.A. (Honduras)

WRC report on its investigation of labor violations at a Star S.A. factory in Honduras. Includes a description of the company’s response to the charges

Carbon dioxide emissions intensity convergence: Evidence from central American countries

This paper extends the literature on the convergence of carbon dioxide emissions intensity and its determinants (energy intensity and the carbonization index) for six Central American countries over the period 1971 to 2014. Using the Phillips-Sul club convergence approach, the results indicate two distinct convergence clubs with respect to carbon dioxide emissions intensity and energy intensity with the first convergence club consisting of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and the second convergence club consisting of Nicaragua and Panama. However, in the case of the carbonization index, only one convergence club emerges that includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua with Panama exhibiting non-convergent behavior.N/