Research into economics science, management and accounting education higher Honduras

Abstract

Research of higher education in Honduras is focused on public institutions. The National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), which is public and of upmost and longest presence, has 6 research institutions (which include economics, laws, earth science, microbiology, peace and democracy, and human rights), 86 researchers and 14 units of investigation. The National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazán (UPNFM) has an Institute of Educational Research and Evaluation. Other public institutions such as the National Agricultural University (UNA) and the National School of Forest Sciences (ESCANIFOR) have promoted agricultural and forest investigations respectively. Concerning private centers, the El Zamorano University has developed a vast investigative career in the agricultural field. The Latin American Ranking of Research Activity includes only 7 out of 20 institutions of higher education in Honduras.

The following work presents the current state of the investigation of economic, administrative, and accounting sciences in higher education institutions in the country. Also, to detail the academic offer of such centers, the programs, projects, researchers, publications through books, manuals and documents, scientific articles on indexed magazines, research education in pensum of academic degrees, programs or research projects involved with the government or private companies. The methodology of this work includes a documented bibliographic revision of information related to higher education, specifically related to economic, administrative, and accounting sciences. A compilation and an informational revision of the alignments and investigation projects, publications, researchers study programs, faculty projects, schools and institutions of specific areas.