Organised crime and drug trafficking, as its principal activity, is undermining good governance, economic and social development and creating instability in Central America.In Nicaragua, it has not reached the crisis proportions that exist elsewhere in the region but in order to avoid a greater and uncontrollable security problem the threat of organised crime needs to […]
The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg finances and implements development projects in Nicaragua since 1990 through its implementing agency for development cooperation, Lux-Development. Key sectors for intervention are water and sanitation, education, health and post-hurricane reconstruction. This evaluation concerns two projects. The first project consists of the second phase of the support to seven Teacher Colleges in […]
During the meeting of the second Commission of Associate Countries that took place in November 2005 in Managua, the Nicaraguan Institute for Tourism (INTUR) presented a request for the financing of a National Programme of Support of Economic Development through Tourism. The request was composed of 4 components:tourism as a factor of local development, strengthening […]
The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg finances and implements development projects in Nicaragua since 1990 through its implementing agency for development cooperation, Lux-Development. Key sectors for intervention are water and sanitation, education, health and post-hurricane reconstruction. During the last years, the tourism sector has been growing at a steady pace, becoming a steady source of hard currency […]
The Hurricane Mitch had a devastating effect in the countries of the Central American Isthmus in 1998; a substantial part of the economic and social infrastructure in Nicaragua was destroyed.Through the ECHO Programme the EC provided support during the emergency and post emergency period. After this the EC decided on a plan of action for […]
The programme’s overall objective was to improve the standard of living of populations in the suburbs of the five towns situated in the Northern area of Nicaragua, and at the same time, improve the technical and managerial capacities of the local municipalities. The mid-term evaluation aimed at assessing the results achieved by the programme up […]
The Country Strategy Paper for Nicaragua gives priority to the implementation of sector policy support programmes in 3 priority sectors: Socio-economic development of rural areas; Investment in human capital, especially education and; Support to good governance and consolidation of the democratic process. These 3 sectors correspond to key pillars of the Poverty Reduction Strategy of […]
