Social assessment for the Nicaragua Rural Municipalities Project : Poverty, gender, and indigenous issues in the integration of environment and rural reconstruction assistance

Page 1 LATEN Dissemination Note # 17 Social Assessment for the Nicaragua Rural Municipalities Project: Poverty, Gender, and Indigenous Issues in the Integration of Environment and Rural Reconstruction Assistance September 1996 Valeria Junho Pena Marvin Ortega Marcia Arieira Maria Correia The World Bank Latin America Technical Department Environment Unit 36152 Page 2 ii Page 3 iii Contents Foreword ..................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................... vi Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................................................. vii Background ................................................................................................................. 1 Socioeconomic Conditions of the Project Area .........................................................3 Project Stakeholders..........................................................................................3 General Economic and Demographic Features.................................................3 Land Tenure.......................................................................................................5 Rural Poverty ...............................................................................................................6 Living Conditions of the Poor...........................................................................6 Rural People