The Political Economy of Domestic Resource Mobilization in Nicaragua: Changing State-Citizen Relations and Social Development

Gloria Carrión ()
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Gloria Carrión: Fundación Nicaraguense para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (FUNIDES)

Chapter 10 in The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development, 2020, pp 305-338 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides a historical overview of the politics of Nicaragua’s domestic resource mobilization for social development. Focusing on the quality of state-society relations, the chapter analyses strategies for development financing and the social tensions and contradictions that emerged during the Somoza dictatorship (1936–1979), the Sandinista revolution (1979–1989), neoliberal adjustment (1990–2006) and the current Ortega regime (2007–present). Case studies of tax reform negotiations for a more equitable tax system, the challenges and opportunities of Venezuelan Aid (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas—ALBA), grassroots contestation of mining in Rancho Grande, and health sector financing and institution building contribute empirical evidence to the analysis. The chapter argues that social services increase and expand when states prevent elite capture of resources and democratization processes are strengthened.

Keywords: State-society relations; Domestic resource mobilization; Tax reform; ALBA; Mining and social contestation; Health financing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37595-9_10

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