TY - BOOK ID - 84549958 TI - Nicaragua : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2006 SN - 1462374557 1452723184 1280883081 9786613724397 1451885733 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Public Finance KW - Social Services and Welfare KW - Poverty and Homelessness KW - Government Policy KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Health: General KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Poverty & precarity KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Health economics KW - Poverty reduction KW - Poverty reduction strategy KW - Poverty KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Health KW - Finance, Public KW - Nicaragua UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84549958 AB - Nicaragua’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper discusses several strategic policies for boosting medium-term economic growth. The role of the private sector as the main engine of growth through the stimulation of investment and exports is underscored. It also emphasizes the objective of broad-based economic growth that promotes employment and rural development. To this end, the authorities intend to improve the investment climate, increase public infrastructure spending, enhance investment in human capital, and strengthen protection of vulnerable groups. ER -