## Nicaragua: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

_IMF Staff Country Reports, January 3, 2006_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 3, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451829259.002

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### 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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