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In order to increase power supply, the Government has been undertaking feasibility studies for additional hydropower projects, which should be undertaken by independent power producers or public-private partnerships. In addition, it plans to restructure the power market. This will involve the separation of electricity generation from transmission and distribution. This should level the playing field with a view to attracting independent power producers.

The World Bank-funded Energy Sector Support Project aims at increasing the reliability and quality of electricity supply in the major load centres. In addition, the project is working towards improving demand side management and energy efficiency measures in the grid.

There appears to be a relatively large potential for electricity production based on renewable energy resources in Malawi. Due to constant wind speeds and high levels of solar irradiation, alternative electricity from photovoltaic modules and windmills is increasingly being used in telecommunications, lighting, refrigeration, and water pumping.

Malawi's tourism sector is predominantly based on natural and cultural tourism. The prime attractions are Lake Malawi (which is said to house some of the greatest fish diversity of any lake on earth) and its islands, national parks, wildlife reserves, forests, mountain sceneries, and cultural historical attractions. Tourism and travel services contributed about 4.5% to GDP in 2014, a contribution which is expected to continue growing. Tourist arrivals in Malawi average approximately 800,000 international tourists annually.

Tourism is regulated and promoted by the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture. The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (2011-2016) identifies the tourism sector as one of the priority areas with significant growth potential. Policies that promote the tourism sector in Malawi include the Tourism Policy, Parks and Wildlife Policy, and the Cultural Policy. The National Tourism Policy recognizes a number of challenges facing the tourism sector, which include inadequate infrastructure; environmental degradation and deforestation; (...)

Against that background, Honduras will continue to coordinate its trade policy with the objectives and actions outlined in the Country Vision, National Plan and the "Everyone for a Better Life" Plan. We will continue to promote measures to (...) exploit natural resources in a socially sustainable and environmentally responsible manner; (...)

(...) the behaviour of the Honduran economy in recent years has been influenced in part by the effects of climate change and its disruptive effects on production in key economic activities (...)

During the period under review various laws were passed to correct the fiscal imbalance. These include the Law on Revenue Enhancement, Social Equity and Rationalization of Public Expenditure contained in Decree No. 17 2010 (this law constituted a considerable reform of the Honduran tax system, introducing significant changes to various taxes such as sales tax, excise taxes, green tax and income tax); (...)

In conformity with Decree No. 286 2009 containing the Law for the Establishment of a Country Vision and the Adoption of a National Plan (LVPPN), the Country Vision should be achieved by 2038 when its objectives and goals have been attained. The National Plan was established for 2010 2022 and 2022 2034 as a planning instrument to help achieve the envisaged objectives and goals. The LVPPN contains the following objectives:
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iii. a productive country that generates opportunities and jobs, sustainably exploits its resources and sustainably reduces its environmental vulnerability;
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The principal reference points of the policy for the country's external sector are the objectives in the Country Vision (VP) and the strategic guidelines and progress indicators in the National Plan (PN). Thus, objective 3 of the VP is to achieve "[a] productive Honduras that generates opportunities and decent jobs, that envisages creating 150,000 jobs through public private partnerships in the short, medium and long term, while sustainably exploiting its resources and reducing environmental vulnerability".