Development consensus urgently needed in Nicaragua

Democracy, education, jobs and public safety, as well as poverty, social inequality are some of the main challenges facing Nicaragua.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Government representatives such as the president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN), Antenor Rosales, admitted that the "absence of a true national model adopted by a wide cross-section of the Nicaraguan society, the inadequate results from models applied in the history of our country, demonstrate the urgent need for the adoption of a consensus model to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities."
He pointed out that between 2002 and 2006 the economy of Nicaragua grew at an average of 3.2 % per year. Nicaragua ended 2007 with a per capita income of $1,023. In the United States this is at $45,000.

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