Nicaragua: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
IMF Staff Country Reports, May 6, 2010
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Bibliographic details
- Published: May 6, 2010
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455203673.002
Summary findings
- Main obstacles to poverty reduction are related to culture, historical, and structural factors, as well as weak public policy.
- Specific structural weaknesses identified:
- Lack of proper physical infrastructure.
- Weaknesses in the energy matrix.
- Flaws in the health, education, and potable water systems.
- Precarious presence of state institutions in the territory.
- Main areas of opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction:
- Agriculture.
- Natural resources.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Education, Expenditure, Health, Labor, Population and demographics, Poverty, Public investment spending
- Keywords: Caribbean, Central America, central government, CR, economic crisis, energy policy, financial crisis, Global, human right, international community, ISCR, national budget, natural resources, Public investment spending, social policy, value chain
Implicit policy implications (derived from source findings)
- Prioritize investment in physical infrastructure to reduce territorial gaps in service provision.
- Strengthen the energy matrix to support economic activity and reduce constraints on growth.
- Reform and invest in health, education, and potable water systems to address human-capital deficits contributing to poverty persistence.
- Enhance state institutional presence across the territory to improve public policy implementation and service delivery.
- Leverage agriculture and natural-resource potential as focal sectors for growth-oriented poverty reduction strategies.
Source: Nicaragua: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, IMF Staff Country Reports 2010, Issue 108.
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