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

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 his...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15532
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Summary: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.

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