Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 3. Background Paper

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
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCOUNTING ADULT EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY CALCULATIONS CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD CARE CENTERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILDBIRTH CLASSROOMS CLINICS CONSUMER CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COST PER STUDENT DAY CARE DENTISTRY DISEASES EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS EDUCATIONAL CENTERS EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL PARTICIPATION ETHNIC GROUPS EXERCISES FAMILIES FAMILY CONSUMPTION FAMILY INCOME FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FINANCES FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL POPULATION GENERAL PUBLIC GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GRADE SCHOOLS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH RATES OF FERTILITY HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDIGENOUS GROUPS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INJURIES INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF INTEREST LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEARNING LEVEL OF DEBT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW INCOME LOWER INCOME LOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MALARIA MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICINES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES NOURISHMENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSING NUTRITION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POOR FAMILIES POOR INDIVIDUALS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION GROUPS POTENTIAL USERS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESCHOOL CENTERS PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRES READING RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL SCHOOLS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL EXPENDITURES SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL SYSTEM SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STUDIES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SPECIAL EDUCATION SPENDING INCREASE TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY LEVELS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USE PER CAPITA VACCINATION VALUABLE VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9648190/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-vol-3-3-background-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8101

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Summary:	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.

Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 3. Background Paper

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