World Bank

Tegucigalpa's water utility will install new micrometers in five Comayagüela neighborhoods to improve measurement accuracy, reduce water loss, and boost consumer confidence in billing under a World Bank–backed program.

The World Bank's vice president for Latin America, Susana Cordeiro Guerra, met with Central Bank President Roberto Lagos in Bangkok and confirmed plans to visit Honduras in mid-November to advance economic reforms and competitiveness measures.

A World Bank report warns that artificial intelligence could gradually automate physical manufacturing tasks in Honduras's garment industry, which employs about 140,000 workers directly, making workforce retraining and technical skills crucial to protect jobs.

The World Bank projects Honduras will grow 3.4% this year, placing it sixth among Central American and Caribbean nations in the Sica system, behind the Dominican Republic (4.7%) and El Salvador (4.5%).

President Asfura presented infrastructure priorities for the Atlantic region including CA-13 highway rehabilitation (with $180 million from the World Bank and Spain), the La Barca–Tela route expansion, and Guillermo Anderson Airport modernization, aimed at improving connectivity and investment.

Honduras deposited its ratification of the ICSID convention on July 17, becoming the 159th state to join the World Bank dispute-settlement mechanism for foreign-investment disputes, effective August 16.

Honduras deposited its ratification of the ICSID Convention (the treaty governing investment disputes between states and foreign investors) with the World Bank in Washington, and the accord will enter into force for Honduras on August 16, making it a member of the Centre.

Honduras and the World Bank will launch a program to provide technical training to roughly 200,000 small-scale coffee producers nationwide, aiming to boost productivity and competitiveness in a key sector of the economy.