This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the … Caribbean. Lack of sustained economic growth is viewed as the main cause of poverty in the country. The effects of political …

This paper finds that the proliferation of fiscal incentives in the form of tax exemptions in Nicaragua since 1990 … productive investments, Nicaragua’s tax incentives are merely “assistentialist” and lack effectiveness. For a dynamic industrial …

This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua applying the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster … case of Nicaragua. In general, this paper, in addition to questioning the official poverty estimates in Nicaragua and to … Programme (UNDP), since the MPI captures acute poverty and, therefore, provides relatively low estimates for Nicaragua. To the …

a loan via changes in credit demand and supply. Empirical evidence from poor rural households in Nicaragua shows CCTs …

geographic placement of supermarket supply chains in Nicaragua between 2000 and 2008 and uses a difference …

of the poverty line. …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …

result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …