Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report

Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1000 in 2006, and a total population of 5.2 million, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin Am...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ADULT EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS BASIC SANITATION BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CALORIC INTAKE CAPACITY BUILDING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY COMMITTEES COMPREHENSIVE CARE DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FARM SIZE FARMERS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD REQUIREMENTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY ILLITERACY RATE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCIDENCE OF DISEASE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INFANT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IRRIGATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LAND RIGHTS LAND SIZE LAND TENURE INSECURITY LAND TITLES LAND TITLING LANDHOLDINGS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEASLES MEAT MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERNIZATION NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES NUTRIENT LOSS NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PESTICIDES POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR COUNTRIES POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PRODUCERS POOR RURAL AREAS POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POSTPARTUM CARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY SITUATION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF EDUCATION RATIO OF DEPENDENTS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL PRODUCERS RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL ROADS RURAL WOMEN SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION SCHOOL FEEDING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEEN TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION WAR WATER SUPPLIES WELFARE INDICATORS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9648177/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-vol-1-3-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8097

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Summary:	Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1000 in 2006, and a total population of 5.2 million, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Forty six percent of the population lived below the poverty line in 2005 (while 15 percent lived in extreme poverty), and the incidence of poverty is more than twice as high in rural areas (68 percent) than in urban areas (29 percent). Nicaragua's social indicators also rank among the lowest in the region, commensurate with its relatively low per capita income level. Nicaragua's long-term development vision is set out in its National Development Plan (NDP), 2005-2009, which gives greater importance to economic growth than the strategy document that preceded it. This also serves as its second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The goals of the PRS incorporate the MDGs, and establish medium (2006-2010) to long term targets (2015). By 2005, the country had made satisfactory progress on meeting the PRS/MDG targets for reducing extreme poverty, increasing net primary enrollment, and reducing infant and child mortality. This National Development Plan is being revised by the new government that took office on January 2007, which has expressed interest in maintaining policy continuity in those areas that have shown progress and tackling pending development challenges. These include efforts to improve the country's growth performance while reducing poverty, macroeconomic stability as a necessary, although not sufficient, condition to stimulate growth, and reduce poverty, a special focus on social issues that impact the poorest, including the MDGs, and environmental sustainability. Programmatic priorities for the new administration include a renewed focus on poverty reduction using a multi-sector approach, implementing pragmatic solutions to the energy crisis for the short to medium term; expanding water and sanitation services with environmentally sustainable solutions; sharing economic growth more broadly to tackle hunger, malnutrition and poverty; placing greater emphasis on preventive health and continuing social protection programs; extending illiteracy programs and improving education services, and pursuing municipal decentralization, state modernization, and good governance.

Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report

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