Policymaking provides a very limited space for action. Through the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) policy process "Poverty" can be seen as a new field of politics in contemporary Nicaragua. Even though presented as a technical process, it is more about politics and the management of opposition for predetermined agendas to be applied willingly as they are nationally "owned".

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Buchy, Marlene
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Wilson, Goya. (2003, December). Challenging Poverty, Challenging Participation: The Role of Civil Society in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Process in Nicaragua. Politics of Alternative Development (PAD). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2105/9219