Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report

The purpose of this Poverty Assessment is to provide background material and analysis that will assist the Government in designing this strategy, but it is not itself designed to formulate the strategy. Chapter 1 looks at the macro situation in historical perspective, including structural reform during the 1990s, and the current debt and balance of payments situation. Chapter 2 examines poverty in Nicaragua today and during 1993-98 and includes the results of a qualitative assessment of poverty. Chapter 3 looks at public expenditures in the social sectors and their impact on poverty. Chapter 4 looks at rural poverty and agriculture, while Chapter 5 lays out key issues that would be important to address in a poverty reduction strategy. Some key priorities emerge from the analysis that should be considered: 1) Broad-based growth is essential to reduce poverty. 2) Poverty reduction is limited by population growth. 3) Sustaining rural income growth. 4) Improvements are needed in the public sector to build strong programs that reach the poor. 5) Foreign capital inflows distort expenditures. 6) Donors share the responsibility with the Government to reconsider priorities in order to ensure greater impact of development assistance on poverty reduction. 7) Sustaining the provision of basic social services and building human capital. 8) Establishing effective social protection mechanisms for the poor.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2001-02-21
Subjects:	AGED, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL RATE, ANTI-EXPORT BIAS, AVERAGE GROWTH, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BANKING SECTOR, CAPITA GROWTH, CAPITAL FLOWS, CAPITAL INFLOWS, CAPITAL MARKETS, CASE STUDY, CHILD LABOR, CHILDBIRTH, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CONDITIONALITY, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CRISES, DEBT RELIEF, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DISASTERS, DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES, DOMESTIC SAVINGS, ECONOMIC DECLINE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORT TAXES, EXTERNAL DEBT, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FATIGUE, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FOREIGN AID, FORMAL SAFETY, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEADCOUNT INDEX, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SURVEY, HEAVY INVESTMENT, HIGH GROWTH, HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLITERACY, IMPORT TARIFFS, IMPORTS, INCENTIVE POLICIES, INCOME COUNTRIES, INCOME GROWTH, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INFANT MORTALITY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFLATION, INFLATION RATES, INFORMAL SAFETY, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT RATE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR INPUTS, LABOR MARKETS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING STANDARDS, LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT, LOCAL LEVEL, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MALNUTRITION, MARKET ECONOMY, MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS, MEDICINES, MONOPOLIES, MORTALITY, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL SYSTEM, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OUTPUT GROWTH, PARASITIC DISEASES, PER CAPITA GROWTH, POLICY REFORMS, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY COMPARISONS, POVERTY GROUP, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY PROJECTIONS, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY STRATEGY, POVERTY TRENDS, POVERTY WORK, PREGNANCY, PRICE CHANGES, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIVATE CONSUMPTION, PRIVATE COSTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PUBLIC ACTIONS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, QUALITATIVE POVERTY, RAPID GROWTH, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, REAL TERMS, REDUCING POVERTY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY NETS, SAVINGS, SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, SERVICE PROVISION, SHORT TERM, SOCIAL ACTION, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL OUTCOMES, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECTORS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SPENDING, STRUCTURAL REFORM, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, TERMS OF TRADE, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POVERTY, VIOLENCE, WAGES, WORKERS, YOUNG WOMEN POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, FERTILITY RATES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD NUTRITION, MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN, MATERNAL MORTALITY, FOREIGN CAPITAL, ILLITERACY RATES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, RURAL INCOME, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH, RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, NONFARM INCOME, POPULATION INCREASE, GENDER EQUALITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1047388/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-challenges-opportunities-poverty-reduction-vol-1-2-main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15531
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