Child Poverty in Honduras: Analysis of Progressivity and Redistribution of Targeted Transfers to Children

Authors

  • Fred Saunders Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)
  • Sergio Zepeda Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)
  • Laura Interiano Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)
  • Seydy Andino Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v5i2.2187

Keywords:

Child Poverty, Social Transfers, Inequality, Progressivity, Redistribution

Abstract

Poverty levels that Honduras has achieved in the last decade have led a side effect known as child poverty, which he has strong repercussions in children and adolescents under 18 years. This despite various transfers that have been aimed at children, created with the sole aim to reduce this negative effect and provide better living conditions to infants. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to evaluate and analyze the effect of social transfers have been aimed at children in reducing child poverty. The results revealed that the contribution of these has not been a significant achievement in reducing overall poor children and adolescents in the country, likewise, its impact is almost nonexistent because of poor targeting and lack of complementary public policies.

Economía y Administración (E&A) Vol.5(2) 2014: 126-149

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Published

2015-11-13

How to Cite

Saunders, F., Zepeda, S., Interiano, L., & Andino, S. (2015). Child Poverty in Honduras: Analysis of Progressivity and Redistribution of Targeted Transfers to Children. Economía Y Administración (E&Amp;A), 5(2), 126–149. https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v5i2.2187

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