Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1000 in 2006, and a total population of 5.2 million, it is one of the poorest countries in 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)...
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2008/05/30
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Poverty Assessment
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39736
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2
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Background paper
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extreme poverty
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Nicaragua - Poverty assessment (Vol. 2 of 3) : Background paper (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/734281468292878182