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 his...

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topic 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
POVERTY REDUCTION
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
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
NONFARM INCOME
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
POPULATION INCREASE
GENDER EQUALITY
spellingShingle 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
POVERTY REDUCTION
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
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
NONFARM INCOME
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
POPULATION INCREASE
GENDER EQUALITY
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Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Nicaragua
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
author World Bank
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title Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
title_short Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
title_fullStr Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full_unstemmed Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report
title_sort nicaragua poverty assessment : challenges and opportunities for poverty reduction, volume 1. main report
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1047388/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-challenges-opportunities-poverty-reduction-vol-1-2-main-report
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spelling okr-10986-155312021-04-23T14:03:13Z Nicaragua Poverty Assessment : Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1. Main Report World Bank 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 POVERTY REDUCTION 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 PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY NONFARM INCOME MACROECONOMIC STABILITY POPULATION INCREASE GENDER EQUALITY 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. 2013-09-03T19:53:39Z 2013-09-03T19:53:39Z 2001-02-21 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1047388/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-challenges-opportunities-poverty-reduction-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15531 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua