The supply of homes being built in the country each year covers only 50% of demand.
According to the Chamber of Builders (Cadur), at the moment some 957,000 homes are needed in Nicaragua and demand is growing by 20 thousand units per year. Of that amount the public and private sector only constructed about 10,000 houses, covering only 50% of demand.
The coastal belt of Panama City is an attractive magnet for investment, but its Achilles heel is the lack of planning in urban infrastructure and services.
Prensa.com reports that "the future expansion of the coastal area of the city promises to extend the captial's skyline, but it also puts a severe strain on public infrastructure which is old and outdated."
Production and logistics inefficiencies arising from their small size means that small scale producers have profit margins that are 19% lower than those of large companies.
An article in Elfinancierocr.com, comments on the ECLAC study "Panorama of the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean 2011-2012",which states that "logistics is a key dimension that influences the competitiveness of enterprises and their inclusion in value chains. "