Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. 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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ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABUSE ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO LOANS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY ARABLE LAND ASSET DEPLETION ASSET HOLDINGS BABIES BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS CAPACITY BUILDING CATALYSTS CENSUSES CENTRAL AMERICA CHANGES IN POVERTY CITIZENSHIP CONFLICT CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY CULTURAL SYSTEMS DEBT DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC LABOR DROP IN POVERTY DROUGHT DRUGS EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT ENDOWMENTS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME POVERTY LINES FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD EXPENDITURE GENDER HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING ILL HEALTH INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INHERITANCE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LAND HOLDINGS LAND QUALITY LAND RIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVESTOCK OWNERS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEAT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILK MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATIONAL GROUPS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW BUSINESSES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NURSES PACIFIC REGION PENSIONS PEOPLES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITY OF SERVICES QUANTITATIVE MEASURES RADIO RATES OF GROWTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL REGIONS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ASSESSMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOURCE OF INCOME SPECIES TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TOTAL POVERTY UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN COMMUNITY USE OF RESOURCES VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAR WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG PEOPLE |
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABUSE ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO LOANS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY ARABLE LAND ASSET DEPLETION ASSET HOLDINGS BABIES BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS CAPACITY BUILDING CATALYSTS CENSUSES CENTRAL AMERICA CHANGES IN POVERTY CITIZENSHIP CONFLICT CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY CULTURAL SYSTEMS DEBT DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC LABOR DROP IN POVERTY DROUGHT DRUGS EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT ENDOWMENTS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME POVERTY LINES FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD EXPENDITURE GENDER HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING ILL HEALTH INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INHERITANCE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LAND HOLDINGS LAND QUALITY LAND RIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVESTOCK OWNERS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEAT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILK MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATIONAL GROUPS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW BUSINESSES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NURSES PACIFIC REGION PENSIONS PEOPLES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITY OF SERVICES QUANTITATIVE MEASURES RADIO RATES OF GROWTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL REGIONS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ASSESSMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOURCE OF INCOME SPECIES TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TOTAL POVERTY UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN COMMUNITY USE OF RESOURCES VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAR WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG PEOPLE World Bank Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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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. |
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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper |
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nicaragua - poverty assessment : volume 2. background paper |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-81032021-04-23T14:02:36Z Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Volume 2. Background Paper World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABUSE ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO LOANS ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL WAGES ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY ARABLE LAND ASSET DEPLETION ASSET HOLDINGS BABIES BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS CAPACITY BUILDING CATALYSTS CENSUSES CENTRAL AMERICA CHANGES IN POVERTY CITIZENSHIP CONFLICT CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY CULTURAL SYSTEMS DEBT DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC LABOR DROP IN POVERTY DROUGHT DRUGS EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT ENDOWMENTS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREME POVERTY LINES FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD EXPENDITURE GENDER HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING ILL HEALTH INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INHERITANCE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LAND HOLDINGS LAND QUALITY LAND RIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVESTOCK OWNERS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEAT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILK MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATIONAL GROUPS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW BUSINESSES NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NURSES PACIFIC REGION PENSIONS PEOPLES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITY OF SERVICES QUANTITATIVE MEASURES RADIO RATES OF GROWTH RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL REGIONS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ASSESSMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOURCE OF INCOME SPECIES TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TOTAL POVERTY UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN COMMUNITY USE OF RESOURCES VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAR WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG PEOPLE 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. 2012-06-14T20:54:20Z 2012-06-14T20:54:20Z 2008-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9648186/nicaragua-poverty-assessment-vol-2-3-background-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8103 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua |