Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 2. Annexes

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:	AGRICULTURE, APARTMENTS, BASIC NEEDS, CENTRAL BANK, COMPARING POVERTY, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION INFORMATION, CONSUMPTION LEVEL, DATA SETS, DEFLATION, DURABLE GOODS, EQUIVALENCE SCALE, EXPENDITURE DATA, EXPENDITURE INFORMATION, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FISH, FOOD COMPONENT, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD ITEM, GDP, GENDER, GEOGRAPHIC AREA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE, HOMEOWNERS, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSES, HOUSING, INCOME, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INSURANCE, LABOR MARKETS, LEISURE, LOTTERIES, MEAN VALUE, MEDICAL SERVICES, MONTHLY EXPENDITURE, MORTALITY, NON- FOOD COMPONENT, NON- FOOD ITEMS, NON-FOOD COMPONENTS, OIL, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA COST, POOR COUNTRIES, POPULATION GROUPS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY COMPARISONS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE DIFFERENCES, PRICE INDEXES, PRICE INFORMATION, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PURCHASE PRICE, PURCHASING POWER, REGIONAL PRICE INDEX, RENTAL HOUSING, RENTING, RURAL AREA, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, URBAN AREAS, USE VALUE POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, FERTILITY RATES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RURAL POVERTY, CHILD NUTRITION, MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN, INFANT MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, PARASITIC DISEASES, FOREIGN CAPITAL, ILLITERACY RATES, SOCIAL SERVICES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, RURAL INCOME, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, EXTERNAL DEBT, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH, RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, NONFARM INCOME, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, POPULATION INCREASE, GENDER EQUALITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1121169/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-challenges-opportunities-poverty-reduction-vol-2-2-annexes https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15532
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