The high consumption of firewood in Honduras necessitates the search for alternatives with less-negative effects on health, the economy, and the environment. One of these alternatives has been the promotion of improved cooking stoves, which achieve a large reduction in firewood consumption. This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis for an improved cooking stove adoption strategy for Honduras. The methodology uses the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System, LEAP, a tool used globally in the analysis and formulation of energy policies and strategies. The energy model considers the demand for firewood as well as the gradual introduction of improved cooking stoves, according to the premises of a National Strategy for improved cooking stoves adoption in Honduras. Hence, it is demonstrated that the costs of implementing this adoption strategy are lower than the costs of not implementing it, taking into consideration representative scenarios up to and including the year 2030.

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ResumenUna de las discusiones importantes en materia de política fiscal en países en vías de desarrollo es cómo generar recursos que apoyen el crecimiento económico y amplíen y mejoren el gasto social. Estas discusiones se han formalizado en la literatura económica del denominado espacio fiscal, término utilizado para referirse al esfuerzo por identificar y movilizar recursos que permitan alcanzar objetivos de crecimiento económico y/o de desarrollo social. Este trabajo presenta las principales discusiones sobre el concepto espacio fiscal, sus fuentes y experiencias recientes en algunos países. Especial énfasis tiene el análisis del caso de Honduras, tanto desde el punto de vista de lo estudiado hasta ahora, como de la revisión actual de su situación fiscal y social. Se finaliza haciendo una propuesta de los espacios fiscales que puede aprovechar Honduras para el financiamiento de la protección social. Palabras Claves: Espacio fiscal, presupuesto público, protección social. AbstractOne of the important discussions on fiscal policy in developing countries is how to generate resources that support economic growth and expand and improve social expending. These discussions have been formalized in the economic literature of the so-called fiscal space, a term used to refer to the effort to identify and mobilize resources to achieve economic growth and / or social development goals. This paper presents the main discussions on fiscal space, their sources and recent experiences in several countries. Especial emphasis is given to the analysis of Honduran case, both from the point of view of what has been studied up to now, and from the current revision of its fiscal and social situation. It ends by making a proposal for the fiscal spaces that Honduras could use to finance social protection.