obtained in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in a poor region of Nicaragua in 2005 and 2006. The program has …

"The main objective of this paper is to provide an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of … the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate … poverty is not too large, its dispersion across households-due to their heterogeneity of factor endowments, inputs use …

Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National … 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 is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National … 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 is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National … 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 …

situation. Chapter 2 examines poverty in Nicaragua today and during 1993-98 and includes the results of a qualitative assessment …The purpose of this Poverty Assessment is to provide background material and analysis that will assist the Government … of poverty. Chapter 3 looks at public expenditures in the social sectors and their impact on poverty. Chapter 4 looks at …

situation. Chapter 2 examines poverty in Nicaragua today and during 1993-98 and includes the results of a qualitative assessment …The purpose of this Poverty Assessment is to provide background material and analysis that will assist the Government … of poverty. Chapter 3 looks at public expenditures in the social sectors and their impact on poverty. Chapter 4 looks at …

expenditures in Nicaragua with a view toward assessing their consistency with the priorities expressed in the recent Poverty … information. The second objective of the PER is to diagnose Nicaragua's institutional capacity to implement the poverty reduction … Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), as well as recommending ways to improve their poverty reducing impact. The PRSP puts heavy …

This poverty assessment was launched with three broad objectives: (1) to update the poverty profile for Nicaragua with … finds that Nicaragua has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the last decade, despite its status as one of … greater public attention; and (3) analyze the dynamics o f families moving in and out o f poverty using panel data from the …