Trade and Commercial Law Assessment - Honduras - Economic ...

TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW ASSESSMENT DECEMBER 2004
HONDURAS
Breakout Discussion Topics – Honduras
Breaking
Down Barriers to Trade
What are the major obstacles to international trade? What are the major obstacles to doing
business in Honduras?
What are some solutions to reducing or eliminating previously identified bottlenecks?
What are the impediments to implementing these solution s?
Building
the Fundamentals of Private Enterprise: the New of Law
of Property
What other things are needed to be included to make the law completely
effective, e.g.
collateral guarantees?
How best
to carry out the transition from the old to new registry?
In what ways will the
new law on property change the ability of businesses to gain access to
credit?
Enhancing the business climate in Honduras via judicial reform
How does the current status of the rule of law promote or prevent
conducting business in
Honduras?
What judicial and legal reforms are needed to ensure a sound business environment?
What are the implementation priorities among the recently passed commercially-related laws
in Hondura s?
Improving Competitiveness in Honduras
What are the lessons from previous privatization efforts? What is the future for privatization?
Should the adoption
of a competition law/policy be a priority in Honduras? Should the public
and private sectors work to promote such a policy?
What th e regulatory obstacles to doing business
in Honduras? What steps, if any, should the
private sector take to encourage regulatory reform?
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