Nicaragua: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

IMF Staff Country Reports, January 3, 2006

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• Published: January 3, 2006
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451829259.002

Executive summary and main findings

• The most pressing demand for the majority of Nicaraguans is employment generation and economic growth.
• The National Development Plan (NDP) prioritizes actions that:
  • improve the investment climate;
  • promote productive development while considering the competitive potential of the territories;
  • position Nicaragua better in the trading world through increased foreign investment.
• The NDP seeks to establish a more effective regulatory framework that:
  • promotes competition;
  • guarantees property rights through a legal framework;
  • lowers domestic transaction costs.

Policy priorities and recommendations

• Improve the investment climate to attract increased foreign investment.
• Promote productive development tailored to territorial competitive potential.
• Strengthen the regulatory and legal framework to:
  • foster competition;
  • guarantee property rights;
  • reduce domestic transaction costs.
• Align public investment and public-private partnerships with objectives in education, health, and poverty reduction to support employment generation and growth.

Thematic coverage (as listed)

• Education
• Expenditure
• Health
• Population and demographics
• Poverty
• Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
• Public investment spending

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