TY  - BOOK
AU  - World Bank
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013//
TI  - Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America: Nicaragua Case Study, Volume 2. Background Papers and Technical Appendices
PB  - Washington
CY  - DC
KW  - ACCESSIBILITY
KW  - AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
KW  - AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
KW  - AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
KW  - AGRICULTURE
KW  - AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES
KW  - CAPACITY BUILDING
KW  - CARBON
KW  - CASE STUDIES
KW  - CASE STUDY
KW  - COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
KW  - COMPETITIVENESS
KW  - CONCEPTUAL APPROACH
KW  - CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
KW  - COUNTRY CASE
KW  - DECENTRALIZATION
KW  - DECENTRALIZED MARKETS
KW  - DEMOGRAPHICS
KW  - DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
KW  - DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
KW  - DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
KW  - DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
KW  - DIVERSIFICATION
KW  - DRY LANDS
KW  - ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
KW  - ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
KW  - ECONOMIC ANALYSES
KW  - ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
KW  - ECONOMIC GROWTH
KW  - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
KW  - ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
KW  - EMPOWERMENT
KW  - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
KW  - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS
KW  - ESCAPE POVERTY
KW  - EXPECTED RETURNS
KW  - EXPORTS
KW  - EXTREME POVERTY
KW  - FARMS
KW  - FINANCIAL CAPITAL
KW  - FINANCIAL FLOWS
KW  - FINANCIAL POLICIES
KW  - FOOD SECURITY
KW  - FOREST MANAGEMENT
KW  - FORESTS
KW  - FREE TRADE
KW  - GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
KW  - GROWTH POTENTIAL
KW  - HEALTH STATUS
KW  - HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
KW  - HOUSEHOLD HEAD
KW  - HUMAN CAPITAL
KW  - HUMAN RIGHTS
KW  - INCOME
KW  - INCOMPLETE MARKETS
KW  - LABOR MARKETS
KW  - LAND USE
KW  - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
KW  - LONG-TERM GROWTH
KW  - MARKET ECONOMY
KW  - NATURAL RESOURCES
KW  - NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
KW  - NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
KW  - NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
KW  - OPPORTUNITY COSTS
KW  - OPPORTUNITY SET
KW  - OUTPUT MARKETS
KW  - POLICY DIRECTIONS
KW  - POLICY ISSUES
KW  - POLICY REFORMS
KW  - POOR HOUSEHOLDS
KW  - POOR PEOPLE
KW  - POOR POLICIES
KW  - POOR POPULATION
KW  - POVERTY LINE
KW  - POVERTY MAP
KW  - POVERTY RATE
KW  - POVERTY RATES
KW  - POVERTY REDUCING
KW  - POVERTY REDUCTION
KW  - PRICE INCREASES
KW  - PRODUCTIVITY
KW  - PROPERTY RIGHTS
KW  - PUBLIC POLICY
KW  - REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
KW  - REGIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT
KW  - REGRESSION ANALYSIS
KW  - RISK MANAGEMENT
KW  - RURAL AREAS
KW  - RURAL DEVELOPMENT
KW  - RURAL ECONOMY
KW  - RURAL GROWTH
KW  - RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
KW  - RURAL POOR
KW  - RURAL POPULATION
KW  - RURAL POVERTY
KW  - RURAL RESIDENTS
KW  - SAFETY NETS
KW  - SMALL FARMERS
KW  - SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
KW  - SOCIAL CAPITAL
KW  - SOCIAL CONTEXT
KW  - SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
KW  - SOCIAL PROTECTION
KW  - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
KW  - SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
KW  - SUSTAINABLE POVERTY
KW  - TARGETED PROGRAMS
KW  - TRADE LIBERALIZATION
KW  - TRANSACTION COSTS
KW  - TRANSACTIONS COSTS
KW  - TRANSPORT
KW  - UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
KW  - URBAN AREAS
KW  - URBAN POVERTY
KW  - WATERSHED
KW  - WELFARE GENERATION
AB  - This regional study encompasses three Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras. The focus of this report is Nicaragua. The objective of the study is to understand how broad-based economic growth can be stimulated, and sustained in rural Central America. The study identifies "drivers" of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction, where drivers are defined as the assets and combinations of assets needed by different types of households in different geographical areas to take advantage of economic opportunities, and improve their well-being over time. The study examines the relative contributions of these assets, and identifies the combinations of productive, social, and location-specific assets that matter most to raise incomes, and take advantage of prospects for poverty-reducing growth. The study's focus on assets is appropriate given historically stark inequalities in the distribution of productive assets among households in the region. Such inequalities are likely to constrain how the poor share in the benefits of growth, even under appropriate policy regimes. In Nicaragua, economic potential has a strong spatial pattern, with high potential areas close to the main cities. But to generate substantial gains in poverty reduction and broad-based growth, complementarities between productive, social, and location-specific assets must be addressed. The report thus recommends the move from geographically untargeted investments in single assets, to a more integrated and geographically based approach of asset enhancement with proper complementarities. And, if the development objective is to reach the largest number of poor, invest in a variety of social and productive household assets, in higher potential areas with the highest rural poverty densities. However, remote areas such as the Atlantic, need specialized analyses and differentiated strategies and investments. The report highlights the need for more strategic convergence in linking the investment, and impacts of sectoral projects backed by the Bank, and other donors in the diverse geographical regions of the country.
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14557
LA  - English
ID  - 797602038
ER  -