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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9648177/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-vol-1-3-main-report
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Nicaragua
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment
author World Bank
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title Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
title_short Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
title_fullStr Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full_unstemmed Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
title_sort nicaragua : poverty assessment, volume 1. main report
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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spelling okr-10986-80972021-04-23T14:02:36Z Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report World Bank 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 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. 2012-06-14T20:36:33Z 2012-06-14T20:36:33Z 2008-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9648177/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-vol-1-3-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8097 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua