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POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
TO A LOW-EMISSION ENERGY MATRIZ IN THE
 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF
             NICARAGUA
                                               Dr. Paul Oquist
           Member of the Standing Committee of Climate Finance
              for Latin America and the Caribbean (Nicaragua)
                  Minister-Private Secretary for National Policy,
                         Presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua

        Brussels, Belgium, 16 October 2013                     1
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
EXPANSION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE
        ENERGY MATRIX: 25% RENEWABLE IN 2007
          TO 90% IN 2020 (US$2.9 Mil Millones DFI)

                                                                                                                                                                       Non renovables: 10%
                                                                                                                           No renovables: 6%
                             6.000
                                                                                                                                                                                             FUEL OIL, 10.2%

                                             8 TO 12 HOUR                                                                                                                                     Biomass, 4.2%

                             5.000           DAILY                                                                                                                                            Wind, 9.8%
                                                                                                                                               FUEL OIL, 6.4%
                                             RATIONING                                                                                          Biomass, 5.1%
                                             2006-2007                                                                                          Wind, 12.1%
                             4.000
Generación eléctrica (GWH)

                                                                         Non renewable: 64%                                                                                                  Geothermal, 27.5%

                                                                                                                                                                   Renewable: 90%
                                                                                                                Renovables: 94%
                                     Non renewable:

                             3.000                                                                                                             Geothermal, 35.7%
                                                      DIESEL OIL, 8.0%
                                                                                              FUEL OIL, 64.2%
                                          75%

                             2.000
                                                      FUEL OIL, 66.6%
                                                                                                                                                                                             Hydro, 47.3%
                                                                          Renewable: 36%

                                                                                              Biomass, 6.8%
                                                                                               Wind, 6.6%                                      Hydro, 40.7%
                             1.000
                                       Renewable:

                                                        Biomass, 8.4%                          Geo, 14.3%
                                          25%

                                                        Geo, 6.1%
                                                       Hydro, 10.8%                           Hydro, 8.0%
                                 -
                                                        2007                                   2012                                              2017                                         2022
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
NICARAGUA'S ENERGY PROJECTS
                                            SOLAR PANELS
                                            MICRO AND SMALL
      GEOTHERMAL                            HYDROELECTRIC
San Jacinto-Tizate (72MW)                   PROJECTS FOR
   Casita-San Cristóbal
                                            ISOLATED AREAS
            (35MW)
(107MW; US$ 585.59 mill)                                            TUMARÍN HYDROELECTRIC
                                                                         PLANT, RAAS
                                                                    253 MW; US$ 1,100 Billion
                                                                            (2018)

San Jacinto-Tizate

                                                              Other Hydroelectric Projects:
 Solar Project in La
                                                              Larreynaga(17.2 MW, US67.9 mill)
 Trinidad, Diriamba                                           Hydropantasma (12MW, US$37.4 mill)
                                                               El Diamante (5MW, US$13.4 mill)
                             Eolo (Rivas) (44MW,
                                                              (34MW, US$118.7 million)
                             US$105.9 mill)
                             Blue Power (Rivas)
                             (40MW, US110mill)
                             ALBA Rivas (Rivas)
                             (40MW, US$87 mill)                                               3
                             (124 MW; US$ 302.9 million)
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
BIOMASS
• Projects based on agribusiness
  residue and urban waste:
   ELECTRICITY GENERATION
    • Sugarcane by products
    • Urban waste for energy ,
      including diesel from plastic

                                      • Ingenio Nicaragua Sugar Estates
                                        (Current): 30 MW
                                      • Ingenio Monterrosa (Current): 30MW
                                      • CASUR –Benjamín Zeledón Sugarmill
                                        (2015): 24MW; US$24.8 millons
                                      • Montelimar Sugarmill (2016): 30MW;
                                        US$27.8 millons
                                       2012-2016: 54MW* y US$52.6 Millones
                                                  TOTAL: 114 MW
*in season
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
NICARAGUA CONTINUE TAKING ADVANTAGE                                                                                                      3
OF RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL

 HYDRO - 2,000 MW

 GEO - 1,500 MW

 WIND - 800 MW

 BIO - 200 MW

                                               ESTIMATED
                                                          *                             EFFECTTIVE INSTALLED CAPACITY
                          TYPE OF GENERATION   POTENTIAL*     INSTALLED CAPACITY (MW)                                 EXPLOITATION PCT (%)
                                                                                                     (MW)
                                                  (MW)
                                   Hydro          2,000                104.8                        100                     5.24%
                                 Geothermal       1,500               153.54                       99.3                     10.24%
                                   Wind            800                141.60                       70.8                     17.7%
                                  Biomass          200                115.80                        60                      57.9%
                                   TOTAL          4,500               515.74                       330.1                    11.46% 5
Source: Ministry of Energy and Mining.
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
PENESER: Increase in the                                                       Rural Electrification by Extension of Networks
          coverage of electricity
         service in Nicaragua (%)                                                       WesternSector
                                                                                                            Noth Sector1
                                                                                                            600 projects
                                                                                         700 projects
90                                                                         85,1                                            RAAN & RAAS 120
                                                                    83,1
85                                                           81,6                                                              projects
                                                      79,4
80                                             75,4
75                                      72,4
                                                                                                                               Eastern Sector
                                 68,5                                                                                           640 projects
70                        65,6
                   63,4
65                                                                                      Managua 200
            60,4
                                                                                          projects
     57,6
60

55                                                                                          South Sector
                                                                                            360 projects
50
     2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

       NATIONAL PRIORITIZED
     RESEARCH PROJECT ON LOW                                                      Sites in studies
                                                                                  for Small
      COST RENEWABLE ENERGY                                                       Hydroelectric
           FOR ISOLATED                                                           Plants (SHP)

     COMMUNITIES AND TOWNS
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POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
COMPLEJO INDUSTRIAL “EL SUPREMO
PROYECTO SIEPAC            SUEÑO DE BOLÍVAR”
                                  • Refinería con capacidad de
                                    procesamiento de 140,000 b/d;       Inversión
                                    US$3.6 mil millones                 Total
                                                                        Complejo
                                  • Industria Petroquímica: US$2.8      Industrial:
                                    mil millones                        US$6,700
                                                                        millones

              1794
                                                       •Oleoducto Monkey Point-
                                                       Puerto Sandino: US$270
                                                       millones

                                                       •Proyecto GLP: US$25.9
                                                       millones

                              Planta de Distribución de
                             Combustible Miramar 1.08
                            millones de barriles; US$ 306               Complejo de
                                      millones                       almacenamiento
                                                                          en Corinto

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POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
SAVING BY REDUCING OIL IMPORTS DUE TO
          RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
                   2013-2020
6.000.000                                                           700,0

                                                                    600,0
5.000.000

                                                                    500,0
4.000.000

                                                                    400,0
3.000.000                                                                   Barriles
                                                                    300,0   Millones US$

2.000.000
                                                                    200,0

1.000.000
                                                                    100,0

       0                                                            0,0
            2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
• Brasil presenta la puntuación
  más alta con 2.64.
• Nicaragua ocupa el segundo
  lugar con una puntuación total
  2.13, en gran medida debido a
  que encabezó la lista en
  términos de inversiones en
  energía limpia y disponibilidad
  de microcréditos verdes.
• Panamá fue tercero con una
  marca de 1,97, gracias a un
  importante esfuerzo en la
  gestión de las emisiones de
  gases de efecto invernadero y
  por tener un marco facilitador
  acogedor.

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POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSITION
POLICY FRAMEWORK:
NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2007/2016

OBJECTIVE:
ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY,
JOB CREATION,
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY REDUCTION,
BOTH ECONOMIC AND GENDER
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Economic growth and
   macroeconomic
      stability

                        • Economic growth          Nicaragua leading economic
                          above 5% in 2011 and      growth in Centralamerica
                          2012

    1 digit inflation      High export growth:      Investment record: More
                            +19% in 2012/2011       than 3 times that in 2006
                         Exports doubled between
                              2012 and 2006                               11
Fiscal stability
Increased work

 High International Reserves: 2.4 times                                 Constant reduction of
the monetary base, allows free exchange
                                           Sustainable fiscal deficit
         and currency stability                                            national debt

                                             Formal employment          Fewer unemployment
  More work: 48.2% more
                                          growth: 52.8% more people
       than in 2006
                                            registered than in 2006                        12
POVERTY REDUCTION
   General poverty measured by consumption                            Extreme poverty measured by consumption
                                                               20%
                                                               18%                17,20%                    INIDE
                              48,3%
                                                               16%     15,10%
         45,8%                                                                                 14,60%
                                                               14%
                                                                                                                            FIDEG
                                                  42,5%        12%
                                                                                             9,70%
                                                               10%                                    9,00%
                                                                                                                    8,20%
                                                                                                                             7,60%
                                                               8%
                                                               6%
         2001                 2005                2009                  2001      2005       2009       2010        2011     2012

     General and extreme poverty measured                              Greater reduction in rural zones
            by income (Percentages)                                  Urbano         Rural                       Less than US$2
Less than US$1.25 a day                   Less than US$2 PP*
                                  31,6                                                                  51,4    PP* a day
                                          a day                Less than US$1.25
                                            21                                                                       35,7

  11,2                                                               20,5
                                                                                                    15,9
                5,5                                                             10,7                            9,8
                                                                3,8         1,5
 EMNV       EMNV      Variación   EMNV    EMNV    Variación
                                                                EMNV        EMNV       Variación    EMNV        EMNV        Variación
  2005       2009        -5,7      2005    2009                                        -2,3                                  -6,1
                                                                 2005        2009           -9,8     2005        2009
                                                    -10,6
                                                                                                                                -15,7

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INEQUALITY REDUCTION IN NICARAGUA AND LAC
     Percentage variation of GINI coefficient in Latin America and the Caribbean                                                6,60
                                     2005-2009
                                                                                                                0,38   0,88

                                                                                                      -0,34
                                                       -3,99     -3,04 -3,03 -2,46          -1,13
                                 -6,20 -6,04 -5,84
                         -8,60
                -9,80                                                             REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES
                                                • Free health and education:                US$ 845.38/year, plus U.S. $ 625.40 in special
                                                                                            cases (surgeries, chronic illness, pregnancy)
       -15,10                                   • Increased minimum real wage               +40.67%
Source: ECLAC             GINI income in
                                                • Subsidies:                                US$ 1,110.40/year
                            Nicaragua
                                                      Public Transportation:               US$ 321.08/year
                        2005         0.51
                                                      Drinking water:                      US$ 53.51/year
                        2009         0.46
                                                      House electricity:                   US$ 160.54/year

       GINI consumption                               ENABAS Food:                         US$ 200.68/year

       2005             0.41*                         Christian Socialist and Solidarity   US$ 374.59/year
                                                       Bonus:
       2009             0.37*
                                                • Capitalization of poor families:
       2010             0.35**
                                                      Zero Hunger:                         Until US$ 1,500.00, average: US$710.00
       2011             0.34**
                                                      Zero Usury :                         US$ 250.00                            14
            *INIDE; **FIDEG
MAYOR EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO
Unión Interparlamentaria sobre el porcentaje de mujeres    Índice Mundial de Brecha de Género 2012
             en los Parlamentos del mundo                          -Foro Económico Mundial-
                                                             Puesto    País
Cuba y Nicaragua son los únicos países latinoamericanos
                                                             1         Islandia
entre los 10 primeros del mundo con mayor participación
                                                             2         Finlandia
        de mujeres en sus parlamentos nacionales.
                                                             3         Noruega
                                                             4         Suecia
   Nicaragua pasó del 18.5% en 2006 al 42.3% en 2012
                                                             5         Irlanda
                                                             6         Nueva Zelanda
               LOS 10 PRIMEROS PAÍSES                        7         Dinamarca
                                                             8         Filipinas
      RWANDA                  (56.3%)                        9         Nicaragua
      ANDORRA                 (50.0%)                        10        Suiza
      CUBA                    (45.2%)                        11        Holanda
      SUECIA                  (44.7%)                        12        Bélgica
      SEYCHELLES              (43.8%)                        13        Alemania
      FINLANDIA               (42.5%)                        14        Lesoto
      NICARAGUA               (42.3%)                        15        Letonia
      SUDÁFRICA               (42.3%)                        16        Sudáfrica
      HOLANDA                 (40.7%)                        17        Luxemburgo
      ISLANDIA                (39.7%)                        18        Reino Unido
                                                             19        Cuba
                                                             20        Austria
  Nueva Ley: 50%-50% en Asamblea Nacional (llevará
  a Nicaragua al segundo lugar mundial) y para            Nicaragua sube del lugar 90 en 2007, al
  alcaldes, vice alcaldes y concejales                              número 9 en 2012
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INVESTMENT PORTAFOLIO
                        US$ 10.9 BILLION IN 2012-2016
                         ELECTRONICS
                        MANUFACTURING              MINING EXPLORATION

                         US$ 600 MILLION            US$ 359.4 MILLION

             TOURISM                                      OIL EXPLORATION
         US$ 555 MILLION                                  US$ 353.6 MILLION

  TELECOMUNICATIONS                                            PORTS US$ 281 MILLION
  US$ 2,018.3 MILLONES
                                                                         AGROINDUSTRY
  REFINERY “SUPREME                                                     US$ 334.3 MILLION
  DREAM OF BOLÍVAR”                  HIGHER ECONOMIC
  US$ 3,880.4 MILLION               GROWTH TO REDUCE                       FREE ZONES
                                       POVERTY AND                      US$ 644.6 MILLION
   EXPANSION AND                    ERADICATE EXTREME
TRANSFORMATION OF THE                                                         OTHERS
    ENERGY MATRIX                        POVERTY
                                                                         US$ 121 MILLION
  US$ 1,742.0 MILLION                      5%, 8%, 10+%
  US$2.9B (2007-2020)

            THE GRAND INTEROCEANIC CANAL OF NICARAGUA US$ 40 BILLION
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THE INTEROCEANIC GRAND CANAL OF NICARAGUA:
             MULTIMODAL LOGISTIC CENTER FOR REGIONAL AND GLOBAL
             TRADE

   1. A Ship       2. A Port on     3. A port on    4. A Dry Canal     5.A Pipeline
 Canal joining    the Caribbean      the Pacific        that is a       to connect
the Caribbean          coast            coast           railway       the Caribbean
 Sea and the                                         between the         and the
Pacific Ocean                                          two ports          Pacific

6. A Free Trade   7. A Free Trade       8. An         9. Additional     10. A global
 Zone on the       Zone on the      International    infrastructure       project to
   Caribbean       Pacific coast       Airport      required by the         ensure
     coast                           (or two…)      others Projects   integration and
                                                                      coordination of
                                                                       all subprojects
THE WORLD NEEDS A LARGER CANAL
                       TRIPLE E TYPE SHIPS DOMINATE WORLD SEABORNE TRADE
                    World seaborne trade                     Exports of goods in the world, by value,
                      (Millions of TM)                                     2000-2020
14.000                                              12.572

                                                                                                                             Source: HKND-Group.com
12.000                                10.529
10.000                  8.839
 8.000       
 6.000     246.5%
          3.585                 Global maritime
 4.000                          traffic will grow
 2.000                          42.2% between
                                2011 and 2025
    0
           1988          2011          2019          2025
                                                             From US$ 19.9 trillion to US$35.6 trillion in 2020

   Transiting the
   Panama Canal                                                                       By 2030 post-Panamax
   today                                                                             vessels could represent
                                                                                     60-70% of world trade
Can transit the
Panama Canal after                                                                    large ships are displacing smaller
expansion                                                                           ships in all trade routes due to cost
                                                                                              efficiencies of larger ships
Can not transit by                                                                   US Army Corps of Engineers, 2012
Panama Canal even
after expansion

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BUQUES DE CONTENEDORES DEL TIPO
            MAERSK TRIPLE E
•   400 metros de largo , 59 metros de manga, 73 metros de altura, 12.6 metros
    de calado
•   Demasiado grande para canal de Panamá

20-30% REDUCTION IN
COST OF METRIC
TONNE SHIPPED

50% REDUCTION
IN GREEN HOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS
PER TONNE
                                    DISEÑO DE BUQUE MAERSK TRIPLE E
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Firms contracted by HKND
                                                               The 5th environmental and
                Second largest guvernmental
                                                               social consultant
              construction company of China

    World's most
     prestigious                                                                           Advice and strategic
  consulting firm                                                                          government relations
                                                                                           worldwide.

                                                                                                                        •Group of Xuzhou
                                                                                                                         Construction
                                                                                                                         Machinery (XCMG)
                                                                                                                        •No. 7 construction
                                                                                                                         machinery industry
                                                                                                                         of China
                                                                                                                                               •China Ocean
                                                                                                                                                Shipping (Group)
                                                                                                                                                Company (COSCO);
                                                                                                                                               •World leader in
                                                                                                                                                shipping

                                                                             The 9th law firm by
                                                                                                                                               •International
MEC Mining.                                                                    income in world                                                  Shipping Container
Australia.                                                                                                                                      Marine of
                                     Communications with the                                                                                    China(CIMC);
Open pit
                                     financial media (Bloomberg,                                                                               •The world's largest
mining and                                                                                                                                      manufacturer of
civil                                Financial Times, among others)                                                                             shipping containers
engineering

                                                                                                                   •National Corporation
      Civil Engineering,                                                                                            of China Building
     based in Belgium;                                                       Washington-based                       Materials (CNBM)
Specialized in locks and                                                       Public relations                    •Major industry group
                                                                                                                    of building materials of
                  canals                                                                                            China

                                                   PRIVATE               PRIVATE               MULTILA       ..And other investorS when
                           BANK OF
     HKND                   ALBA
                                                   EQUITY               INVESTME                TERAL        feasibility studies are
                                                    FUNDS                NT BANK                BANKS        concluded
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From Financial Times article:
“The public face of the U.S. $ 40 billion to boost relations
           between China and Latin America”
                                  “It is one of the largest proposed
                                  infrastructure projects in the world. Only
                                  the feasibility study would cost $ 900
                                  million. And when finished, the Nicaragua
                                  Canal should reduce transportation costs
                                  for shipping oil from Latin America to China.

                                   “At this time, 4,000 people, including
                                   McKinsey staff, British environmental
                                   consultancy ERC, the U.S. firm Kirkland, and
                                   research institutes belonging to the CRC,
                                   who are working on the feasibility study. Mr.
                                   Wang said that HKND could cover with its
                                   own funds, the operating cost up before the
                                   start of the works, scheduled for late 2014”

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GDP GROWTH: NICARAGUA AND PANAMA
     Nicaragua's economic growth with Grand Canal
16   (U.S. $ Millions / Variation Percentage)                                                                                                          30.000
                                                                                                 14,4
14              PIB                                                                                                                      24.889,5
                                                                                                              11,9 22.165,5                            25.000
                Crecimiento
12
                                                                                                          19.409,9
                                                                                  10,3                                        10,1                     20.000
10                                                                                        16.630,9                                          8,8
 8                                                                       13.847,2                                                                      15.000
                                                             12.109,0
                     10.507,7 11.243,3
 6           9.636,2                                            5,5
     8.586,7                      5,0                                                                                                                  10.000
                5,4      5,2
 4
        3,6
                                                                                                                                                       5.000
 2

 0                                                                                                                                                     0
      2010              2011       2012       2013            2014         2015                 2016       2017            2018           2019

     Economic Growth in Panama Canal expansion
45   (GDP U.S. $ Billion, Growth in Percent)                                                                                               41,49       14
40           PIB en US$ miles de millones (Eje                                     12,11                                    36,25                      12
             Izquierdo)
                                                                                                                       10,85
35                                                                                                                   31,32      10,67
             Crecimiento (Eje derecho)                                                          10,12                                                  10
30                                                                                                         27,05                                    8,98
                                                                        8,53        23,00 24,16
25                                                 7,52                                                             7,45
                                                                                                                                                       8    %
                                        7,19    19,79
20                                        17,14                                                                                                        6
                              14,18 15,47
15   11,62 11,81 12,27 12,934,21
                                                                                                          3,86                                         4
10
             2,72
                                  2,23                                                                                                                 2
 5
                        0,57
 0                                                                                                                                                     0
      2000

                 2001

                           2002

                                     2003

                                            2004

                                                      2005

                                                                 2006

                                                                           2007

                                                                                         2008

                                                                                                   2009

                                                                                                             2010

                                                                                                                       2011

                                                                                                                                  2012

                                                                                                                                             2013

Fuente: FMI
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       Notice of the extension                                                                                      The economic crisis
MODEL BASED ON CHRISTIAN VALUES​​, SOCIALIST IDEALS AND SOLIDARITY
                           PRACTICES
                                         CAPACITY BUILDING

              RECOVERING                                             RESTORATION
              VALUES                     KNOWLEDGE AND               OF RIGHTS
OVERCOMING                                                                               BUILDING
EXCLUSION &                                SKILLS FOR                                  INCLUSION &
               TRAINING AND
  VICIOUS                                 DEVELOPMENT             SCIENCE,               VIRTUOUS
               SKILLS
  CIRCLES      DEVELOPMENT,                                       TECHNOLOGY              CIRCLES
               TECHNOLOGY AND                                     AND INNOVATION
               LANGUAGES
                                          POVERTY AND
                                           INEQUALITY
                                           REDUCTION            PROGRAMS,
                CITIZEN POWER                                   CAPITALIZATION
                AND PUBLIC                                      AND SUBSIDIES
                PARTICIPATION
                                       MACROECONOMIC
                                         STABILITY AND
                                      ECONOMIC GROWTH         WAGE
                   GRAND ALLIANCE                             CONSENSUS; 1
                   WORKERS-                                   DIGIT INFLATION;
                   PRODUCERS AND                              HIGH RESERVES,
                   ENTREPRENEURS                              FREE EXCHANGE
                   -GOVERNMENT                                AND DEBTS
                                                              REDUCTION
                                         SOCIAL COHESION
                                          AND DYNAMIC,
                                             POSITIVE
                   JOB CREATION                               PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS
                                           INVESTMENT                                  CHALLENGE:
CHALLENGE:     LOWER COST OF LIVING          CLIMATE        ENERGY INVESTMENTS           WORLD
  CLIMATE
                         PUBLIC SAFETY                     INFRAESTRUCTURE              ECONOMY
  CHANGE
                              PROTECTION OF MOTHER EARTH AND
                               ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE                                  23
SURVEY OF COST OF LIVING IN LATIN                    THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY IN CENTRAL
AMERICA: MANAGUA IN NICARAGUA                                    AMERICA
(POSITION 213) ONE OF THE CITIES WITH
                                                                                Homicide Rates in Central America
LOW COST OF LIVING                          91,6                                   (per 100,000 inhabitants)
                                                    84,0
                                                                                                 2011      2012
                                                                       69,2

                                                            38,5
                                                                34,0
                                                                              30,0
                                                                                      15,4 18,0
                                                                                                  12,6 11,0   10,0 8,9

                                          Honduras Guatemala El Salvador             Panamá   Nicaragua Costa Rica

                                                                                 Vehicular theft in Central America
                                            8.095
                                                    7.334                                              2010      2011
                                                               5.475    5.222
                                                                                3.800
                                                            3.130                         2.811
                                                                                      1.035
                                                                                                   366 720     387 272

                                            Guatemala       Honduras   Costa Rica El Salvador      Panamá     Nicaragua

                                                   Safety Index 2012: Nicaragua is the
                                                   second safest country in Central
                                                   America and the third in Latin
                                                   America

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                                        Source: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 2012 Security Risk Report
Global Climate Risk Index GERMANWATCH

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THANK YOU

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CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEES

                                              Villa Dignidad, Sabana Grande, Managua

        ADAPTATION              Villa Dignidad: 935 families (5,600
                                persons) in risk situations due to
•New human settlements          floods in 2011, left refuges for new
                                homes in Villa Dignidad.
•New infraestructure            FINANCED WITH NATIONAL
•Reconversion of agricultural   BUDGET AND ALBA FUNDS
economy
•Dry zone transformation
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ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION AGENDA
  Stopping deforestation
  (between 50 and 70 thousand                                                                            Stop
  hectares per year), and                                                                                sedimentati
  strengthen reforestation (15                                                                           on present
                                                                                                         and future
  000 ha per year).                                                                                      of Lake
                                                                                                         Nicaragua

                                      Stop the advance of the agricultural
                                      frontier (cutting of forest for
                                      agriculture)

                                                                             • Protection of local populations from
Integrated watershed management                                                flood or drought.
(massive reforestation, reinjection                                          • Environmental monitoring, climate and
of water, biodiversity protection)                                             integrated health.

                                        Strengthening                         • ECLAC estimates that in 2011
                                        of protected
                                                                                Nicaragua had adaptation
                                                                                needs over USD 1,900 Million.
                                        areas— 20%
                                        territory
          The Canal is a water project whose viability depends on water, massive reforestation and
                                          watershed management.
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THANK YOU

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ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
MODEL BASED ON CHRISTIAN VALUES​​, SOCIALIST
    IDEALS AND SOLIDARITY PRACTICES

  OVERCOMING EXCLUSION AND THE VISCIOUS
 CIRCLES THAT TRAP FAMILIES IN POVERTY AND
     CONTRIES IN UNDERDEVELOPMENT BY
   CONSTRUCTING INCLUSION AND VIRTUOUS,
 SYNERGYSTIC CIRCLES THAT GENERATE SOCIAL
                  COHESION

   Major Challenge: Always human development
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HYDROPOWER

                                         Centrales en Operación
                                         -    Santa Bárbara
                                         -    Centroamérica
                                         -    Las Cañas
                                         -    El Sardinal
                                         -    El Wawule
                                         -    Siempre Vivas
                                         -    Salto Grande

                                     Proyectos en Construcción
                                     -       Pantasma
                                     -       Larreynaga
                                     -       Tumarín

                                     Proyectos con Licencia
                                     -       Salto Y-Y
                                     -       Piedra Puntuda
                                     -       El Diamante

                                     Proyectos Candidatos
                                     - Boboké
                                     - Copalar Bajo
                                     - Consuelo
                                     - Pajaritos
                                     - La Estrella
                                     - Valentín
                                     - Piedra Fina
                                     - Brito
                                     - Corriente
                              Volcán Casitas  SanLira
                                                   Cristóbal. Fuente: INETER

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GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL ESTIMATED AT 1,500 TO 2,000 MW

                                                      32
WIND POTENTITAL IN NICARAGUA

                               INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
                                   IN WIND PROJECTS
MAP OF SOLAR RADIATION IN NICARAGUA
POVERTY REDUCTION
   General poverty measured by consumption                            Extreme poverty measured by consumption
                                                               20%
                                                               18%                17,20%                    INIDE
                              48,3%
                                                               16%     15,10%
         45,8%                                                                                 14,60%
                                                               14%
                                                                                                                            FIDEG
                                                  42,5%        12%
                                                                                             9,70%
                                                               10%                                    9,00%
                                                                                                                    8,20%
                                                                                                                             7,60%
                                                               8%
                                                               6%
         2001                 2005                2009                  2001      2005       2009       2010        2011     2012

     General and extreme poverty measured                              Greater reduction in rural zones
            by income (Percentages)                                  Urbano         Rural                       Less than US$2
Less than US$1.25 a day                   Less than US$2 PP*
                                  31,6                                                                  51,4    PP* a day
                                          a day                Less than US$1.25
                                            21                                                                       35,7

  11,2                                                               20,5
                                                                                                    15,9
                5,5                                                             10,7                            9,8
                                                                3,8         1,5
 EMNV       EMNV      Variación   EMNV    EMNV    Variación
                                                                EMNV        EMNV       Variación    EMNV        EMNV        Variación
  2005       2009        -5,7      2005    2009                                        -2,3                                  -6,1
                                                                 2005        2009           -9,8     2005        2009
                                                    -10,6
                                                                                                                                -15,7

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CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS
EL NIÑO: AVERAGE PRECIPITATION (May-July)                  LOSSES 2005-2012      HURRICANES
                                                       •   560,000 Mz. of
                                                           basic grains
                                                       •   9% of the area
                                                           planted
                                                       •   US$ 206.3 million
                                                           average annual loss
                                                       •   3.52 percentage
                                                           points of GDP

                                                             CHANGE IN THE SUITABILITY OF COFFEE FOR THE YEAR 2050
LA NIÑA: RANGE OF PRECIPITATION DECILE (May-October)

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PETROCARIBE MECHANISM
                         Nicaragua has a guaranteed supply
        BANK OF ALBA      100% of its oil needs, with 25
         (Venezuela)
                          years deferred payment with two-
                          year grace period and 2% interest
                          than half of the oil bill.

        CORRESPONDEN     With half deferred funds invested
        T BANK OF ALBA
         (CARUNA R.L)     62% in socio-productive projects
                          that stimulate the economy and
                          allow the returns to amortize
                          payments in the form and time.

                         The other 38% is used to fund
                          social projects not returnable, fully
                          or partially.
PETROCARIBE ACCORD FINANCING
               PETROCARIBE/ALBA-TCP (millons de dollares)
             2007            2008       2009          2010          2011       2012
Annual       184.9           461.0      443.0         533.0         609.3      765.6
Acumulated   184.9           645.9     1,088.9       1,621.9       2,231.2    2,996.8

               PETROCARIBE/ALBA-TCP OIL ACCORDS (millions USD)
             900

             800                                                      765,6

             700
                                                           609,3
             600
                                                 533,0
             500               461,0   443,0

             400

             300

                     184,9
             200

             100

               0
                     2007      2008    2009      2010      2011       2012
               Fuente: BCN
CANAL ROUTES
                        US$ 9.8 BILLION IN 2012-2016
                         ELECTRONICS
                        MANUFACTURING                 MINING EXPLORATION

                        US$ 600 MILLION                US$ 359.4 MILLION

            TOURISM                                            OIL EXPLORATION
        US$ 555 MILLION                                        US$ 353.6 MILLION

  TELECOMUNICATIONS                                                 PORTS US$ 281 MILLION
   US$ 2,018.3 MILLON
                                                                             AGROINDUSTRY
 REFINERY “SUPREME                                                         US$ 334.3 MILLION
 DREAM OF BOLÍVAR”
                                     HIGHER ECONOMIC                           FREE ZONES
  US$ 3,880.4 MILLION
                                       GROWTH THAT
                                                                            US$ 644.6 MILLION
  EXPANSIÓN AND                       CONTRIBUTES TO
TRANSFORMATION OF                   ERADICATE EXTREME                             OTHERS
THE ENERGY MATRIX                        POVERTY                             US$ 121 MILLION
US$ $ 1,742.0 MILLION

       THE GRAND INTEROCEANIC CANAL OF NICARAGUA US$ 40 MIL MILLONES:
    Wet and dry Canal, Airport, Railway, Free Zones in the Caribbean and Pacific, and Pipeline 39
WORLD SEABORNE TRADE
                                             GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY
                                                     Norfolk – Long Beach route
                                            (Distances between Panama Canal and Grand Canal
                                                              of Nicaragua)

                                                            Long                         Norfolk,
                                                           Beach,                          VA
                                                             CA

Time saving by the Nicaraguan Canal: Up
        to 12 trips instead of 9                                 Route by Nicaragua is
                                                                943 Km (509 Mi) closer
    – Venezuela-Japan: 14.4 days
    – New York-Japan: 10.9 days
    – Chile-Netherlands: 11.4 days
                                               Ruta por
    – Chile-New York: 11.1 days               Gran Canal
                                                  de
    – Brazil-California: 4 days               Nicaragua:
                                                                     Ruta por
                                               7,955 Km
                                                                     Canal de
                                              (4,295 Mi)
  Monetary saving by the Nicaraguan                                  Panamá:
                                                                     8,898 Km
Canal: Up to US$ 2 million per round trip                           (4,804 Mi)
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PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION: MAIN IMPACTS ON ECONOMY
      GDP Panama: Actual data and projections with and                                            Employment trends with and without expansion
      without Expansion (Percentage Points)                                                                       of the Canal
 14
                                  12,1                          Con expansión
 12
                                                 10,7           sin Expansión
 10
                           8,53
  8                                      7,5
                                                              6,7
                                                                     6,0    6,0
  6

                           3,6    3,8    3,8      3,8         3,8    3,8    3,8
  4     2,9     3,2

  2
                                                                                                2025: 252,437 new additional employments
  0
        2000   2005        2006   2007   2010    2012     2015       2020   2025
      Source: PCA, ECLAC & IMF                                                                Extreme Poverty in Panama
                                                                                              (Percentage Points)
         Panama: Government income increase                                              20
300      compared to 2006                                                                       17,6
                                                                                         18
         (Cumulative percentage variation)                                         255                   15,7     15,3     15,3
                                                                                         16
250
                                                                            214          14                                         12,2
                                                                     196                                                                     11,5
200                                                                                      12                                                            10,4
                                                               176
                                                        155                              10
150                                             137                                       8
                                         118
                                                                                          6
100                                83
                                                                                          4
                             60
               38     41                                                                  2
 50     24
                                                                                          0
  0                                                                                            2006      2007     2008     2009     2010     2011     2012
     2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018                              General poverty was reduced from 38.3% in 2006 to 25.8% in 41
                                                                                                                                                         2012
Source: Ministry of Economy of Panamá & IMF
INTEROCEANIC GRAND CANAL OF NICARAGUA: MAIN ECONOMIC IMPACTS
                                  EXPECTED IN NICARAGUA
     Nicaragua's Economic Growth with and without Canal                                             FORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN NICARAGUA 2012-2018
16      Nicaragua (con Canal)
                              (Percentage Points) 15,1
                                                                                                               5th year (2018)                                                         1.927.527
14       Nicaragua                                                  12,6                2.000.000
                                                                                                         • More formal jobs than
12                                                 10,8                    10,7         1.800.000          casual ones.                                                 1.608.402

                                                                                                                                                                                          +1,264,535
10                                                                                9,2   1.600.000        • 51.10% in 2018
                                                                                                         • 20.79% in 2012                              1.303.783

                                                                                                                                                                            +945,410
 8                                                                                      1.400.000
                             5,4     5,2                                                1.200.000                                      1.018.581

                                                                                                                                                           +640,791
 6      5,0                                        4,5      4,7     4,9
               4,0                           4,2                           4,0    4,0                                    848.630
                       3,6                                                              1.000.000

                                                                                                                                          +355,589
 4
                                                                                         800.000      623.458 662.992

                                                                                                                            +185,638
 2
                                                                                         600.000
 0
                                                                                         400.000
-2     2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
                                           +6.3 +10.4 +7.7 +6.7 +5.2                     200.000
                  -2,2
-4      Source: PEF, IMF & Own estimates                                                       -
                                                  Begins                                              2012      2013      2014          2015            2016              2017          2018
                                               construction                                         General Poverty in Nicaragua                     Extreme Poverty in Nicaragua
                                                                                                    (Percentage points)                              (Percentage points)

     The increase in revenue, would be a source of funding to fight                                           403.583 people out of
                                                                                                                                                                      The multiplier effect
                                 poverty.                                                                     general poverty by
                                                                                                                                                                      will further reduce
                                                                                                              2018
                                                                                                                                                                      extreme poverty in
                                                                                                                                                                      later years
                                    2013                              2018
         2012                 Estimated                            Projected
                             income US$                             Income
     16.46% of GDP             1,897.40                           US$ 4,081.25                                                                        353.935 people
                                   million                          million                                                                           out of extreme
                                                                                                                                                      poverty by 2018

                                                          +115.10% more than 2013

We are working with ECLAC to estimate the effects of the Grand Interoceanic Canal on all sectors of the Nicaraguan economy, on
                                                                                                                                                                                                       42
Central America and South America.
GDP GROWTH: PANAMÁ AND NICARAGUA
                                                      GDP growth of Nicaragua with Canal
                                                                   PIB US$ Miles de Millones                   Crecimiento

                 30,00                                                                                                                                           16,0%
                                                                                             15,1%                                                 24,80         14,0%
                 25,00
                                                                                                              12,6% 21,81                                        12,0%
                 20,00                                                       10,8%                        18,82           10,7%
                                                                                      15,87                                                                 9,2%10,0%
                 15,00                                               12,96                                                                                       8,0%
                                 10,50              11,13
                                                                                                                                                                 6,0%
                 10,00
                                          5,2%             4,2%                                                                                                  4,0%
                  5,00
                                                                                                                                                                 2,0%
                  0,00                                                                                                                                           0,0%
                                 2012               2013              2014             2015                2016                  2017              2018

                          GDP growth of Panamá with Canal Expansíon
                 45       (PIB US$ Miles de Millones, Crecimiento en Porcentaje)                                                           41,49      14,0
                 40              PIB en US$ miles de millones (Eje                          12,11                              36,25
                                                                                                                          10,85                       12,0
                 35              Izquierdo)
                                                                                                                        31,32      10,67
                                 Crecimiento (Eje derecho)                                           10,12                                            10,0
      US$        30                                                                                            27,05
                                                                  8,53                                                                             8,98
      Miles de                                                            23,00 24,16                                                                 8,0
      Millones
                 25
                                                            7,19   7,52
                                                                    19,79                                              7,45                                  %
                 20                                           17,14                                                                                   6,0
                                                  14,18 15,47
                 15      11,62 11,81 12,27 12,934,21
                                                                                    3,86                                                              4,0
                 10
                             2,72
                                         2,23                                                                                                         2,0
                  5
                                          0,57
                  0                                                                                                                                   0,0
                          2000

                                   2001

                                             2002

                                                    2003

                                                            2004

                                                                      2005

                                                                              2006

                                                                                     2007

                                                                                              2008

                                                                                                        2009

                                                                                                                2010

                                                                                                                          2011

                                                                                                                                    2012

                                                                                                                                            2013
  Expansión        Fuente: FMI
announcement                                                                                                                               Economic crisis               43
COMPANIES CONTRACTED BY HKND
                                                      HKND

                                                 CHINA RAILWAY
                                                 CONSTRUCTION
                                                  CORPORATION
                                                 LIMITED (CRCC)
                                                                      ENVIRONMENT         BANK OF ALBA
                                MCKINSEY &                            AL RESOURCES
MULTILATERAL BANKS                 CO.                                MANAGEMENT
                                                                          (ERM)

                                                      HKND
                             Eutelsat                                       McLarty

  OTHERS IN FUTURE, WHEN                                                              PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS
   FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE                                        HARBOUR
         COMPLETED                      KIRKLAND &                 GROUP
                                         ELLIS LLP.

                                               PRIVATE INVESTMENT
                                                      BANK

                                                                                                      44
FIRMS CONTRACTED BY HKND

                       Top 10

  Second largest         Most prestigious           Fifth global         High-level        Most prestigious
   state-owned         consulting firm in the    environmental         intervention;        firm in Chicago.
   construction               world.                 and social                                 Fifth most
                                                                         Advice on        prestigious law firm
company in China;                                consulting firm,
                         100 offices in 50                             government                 in USA.
                                                  ranked by EHS
                       countries and 17,000                          relations around    Ninth largest firm by
                                                      Journal.
Sixth construction         employees                                    the world.           revenue in the
                           worldwide;            More than 140                                     world.
 contractor in the                                                   Founded in 1998.
                                                   offices in 39                           Offices in Chicago,
      world;           Clients: AT & T, BBC,                         Its President and
                                                  countries, and                         Hong Kong, London,
    Railways,            General Electric,                             CEO is Thomas
                                                 more than 5,000                            LA, NY, Munich,
    highways,          Johnson & Johnson,                            "Mack" McLarty,
                                                    workers.                                  Shanghai and
    buildings,            Siemens, Home                               former Chief of
                          Depot, Bank of        It has worked with   the White House        Washington, DC.
municipal utilities,
                       England, Mitsubishi,      more than 50% of     Staff during the      Clients: General
 water services,
                        the city of Chicago,    the Fortune Global         Clinton        Motors, Motorola,
    electricity,
                       the UK Government,               500.          Administration.          Apple, Intel,
 bridges, tunnels
and airports, etc.      the Government of                                                Samsung Electronics,
                       Mexico and Taiwan.                                                        Siemens.
                                                                                                             45
FIRMS CONTRACTED BY HKND

Public relations           Public       Eutelsat based in Paris,   Civil Engineering,     MEC Mining,
 firm based in        Relations with       founded in 1977.        based in Belgium;       Australia.
Washington DC.           economic         31 communications          It specializes in   Open pit mining
 Management,               media               satellites.         hydraulic locks and      and civil
 critical public       (Blommberg,                                  canals, including     engineering.
                         Financial          4,500 television
  relations and                           channels and 1,000             feasibility         Design of
communications        Times, others).                               assessment and
                                             radio stations.                               excavations,
 consultancies.       104 countries                                conceptual design.     disposal area,
                         on five         Other services: fixed
     Clients:                                 and mobile            Worked locks for      assistance in
  Biotechnology        continents.                                 the Panama Canal         equipment
                                         telecommunications,
 Industry, Pfizer,       Access to         TV share markets,          expansion;         selection, cost
Shure, Revolution      resources of      corporate networks,       Antwerp, Belgium;     estimation and
  Health Group.       the best public       and broadband            Seville, Spain.         planning.
Founded in 2001       relations firms    markets for Internet
by Joel Johnson.       in the world.            service
                                        CEO is Michel de Rosen.
From Financial Times article:
“The public face of the U.S. $ 40 billion to boost relations
           between China and Latin America”
                                  “It is one of the largest proposed
                                  infrastructure projects in the world. Only
                                  the feasibility study would cost $ 900
                                  million. And when finished, the Nicaragua
                                  Canal should reduce transportation costs
                                  for shipping oil from Latin America to China.

                                   “At this time, 4,000 people, including
                                   McKinsey staff, British environmental
                                   consultancy ERC, the U.S. firm Kirkland, and
                                   research institutes belonging to the CRC,
                                   who are working on the feasibility study. Mr.
                                   Wang said that HKND could cover with its
                                   own funds, the operating cost up before the
                                   start of the works, scheduled for late 2014”

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Economic growth and
   macroeconomic
      stability

                        • Economic growth          Nicaragua leading economic
                          above 5% in 2011 and      growth in Centralamerica
                          2012

    1 digit inflation      High export growth:      Investment record: More
                            +19% in 2012/2011       than 3 times that in 2006
                         Exports doubled between
                              2012 and 2006                               48
POLICY FRAMEWORK:
NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2007/2016

OBJECTIVE:

ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY,
JOB CREATION,
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY REDUCTION
                                        49
Fiscal stability
Increased work

 High International Reserves: 2.4 times                                 Constant reduction of
the monetary base, allows free exchange
                                           Sustainable fiscal deficit
         and currency stability                                            national debt

                                             Formal employment          Fewer unemployment
  More work: 48.2% more
                                          growth: 52.8% more people
       than in 2006
                                            registered than in 2006                        50
POVERTY REDUCTION
   General poverty measured by consumption                            Extreme poverty measured by consumption
                                                               20%
                                                               18%                17,20%                    INIDE
                              48,3%
                                                               16%     15,10%
         45,8%                                                                                 14,60%
                                                               14%
                                                                                                                            FIDEG
                                                  42,5%        12%
                                                                                             9,70%
                                                               10%                                    9,00%
                                                                                                                    8,20%
                                                                                                                             7,60%
                                                               8%
                                                               6%
         2001                 2005                2009                  2001      2005       2009       2010        2011     2012

     General and extreme poverty measured                              Greater reduction in rural zones
            by income (Percentages)                                  Urbano         Rural                       Less than US$2
Less than US$1.25 a day                   Less than US$2 PP*
                                  31,6                                                                  51,4    PP* a day
                                          a day                Less than US$1.25
                                            21                                                                       35,7

  11,2                                                               20,5
                                                                                                    15,9
                5,5                                                             10,7                            9,8
                                                                3,8         1,5
 EMNV       EMNV      Variación   EMNV    EMNV    Variación
                                                                EMNV        EMNV       Variación    EMNV        EMNV        Variación
  2005       2009        -5,7      2005    2009                                        -2,3                                  -6,1
                                                                 2005        2009           -9,8     2005        2009
                                                    -10,6
                                                                                                                                -15,7

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INEQUALITY REDUCTION IN NICARAGUA AND LAC
     Percentage variation of GINI coefficient in Latin America and the Caribbean                                                6,60
                                     2005-2009
                                                                                                                0,38   0,88

                                                                                                      -0,34
                                                       -3,99     -3,04 -3,03 -2,46          -1,13
                                 -6,20 -6,04 -5,84
                         -8,60
                -9,80                                                             REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES
                                                • Free health and education:                US$ 845.38/year, plus U.S. $ 625.40 in special
                                                                                            cases (surgeries, chronic illness, pregnancy)
       -15,10                                   • Increased minimum real wage               +40.67%
Source: ECLAC             GINI income in
                                                • Subsidies:                                US$ 1,110.40/year
                            Nicaragua
                                                      Public Transportation:               US$ 321.08/year
                        2005         0.51
                                                      Drinking water:                      US$ 53.51/year
                        2009         0.46
                                                      House electricity:                   US$ 160.54/year

       GINI consumption                               ENABAS Food:                         US$ 200.68/year

       2005             0.41*                         Christian Socialist and Solidarity   US$ 374.59/year
                                                       Bonus:
       2009             0.37*
                                                • Capitalization of poor families:
       2010             0.35**
                                                      Zero Hunger:                         Until US$ 1,500.00, average: US$710.00
       2011             0.34**
                                                      Zero Usury :                         US$ 250.00                            52
            *INIDE; **FIDEG
MAYOR EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO
Unión Interparlamentaria sobre el porcentaje de mujeres    Índice Mundial de Brecha de Género 2012
             en los Parlamentos del mundo                          -Foro Económico Mundial-
                                                             Puesto    País
Cuba y Nicaragua son los únicos países latinoamericanos
                                                             1         Islandia
entre los 10 primeros del mundo con mayor participación
                                                             2         Finlandia
        de mujeres en sus parlamentos nacionales.
                                                             3         Noruega
                                                             4         Suecia
   Nicaragua pasó del 18.5% en 2006 al 42.3% en 2012
                                                             5         Irlanda
                                                             6         Nueva Zelanda
               LOS 10 PRIMEROS PAÍSES                        7         Dinamarca
                                                             8         Filipinas
      RWANDA                  (56.3%)                        9         Nicaragua
      ANDORRA                 (50.0%)                        10        Suiza
      CUBA                    (45.2%)                        11        Holanda
      SUECIA                  (44.7%)                        12        Bélgica
      SEYCHELLES              (43.8%)                        13        Alemania
      FINLANDIA               (42.5%)                        14        Lesoto
      NICARAGUA               (42.3%)                        15        Letonia
      SUDÁFRICA               (42.3%)                        16        Sudáfrica
      HOLANDA                 (40.7%)                        17        Luxemburgo
      ISLANDIA                (39.7%)                        18        Reino Unido
                                                             19        Cuba
                                                             20        Austria
  Nueva Ley: 50%-50% en Asamblea Nacional (llevará
  a Nicaragua al segundo lugar mundial) y para            Nicaragua sube del lugar 90 en 2007, al
  alcaldes, vice alcaldes y concejales                              número 9 en 2012
                                                                                                     53
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
MODEL BASED ON CHRISTIAN VALUES​​, SOCIALIST
    IDEALS AND SOLIDARITY PRACTICES

  OVERCOMING EXCLUSION AND THE VISCIOUS
 CIRCLES THAT TRAP FAMILIES IN POVERTY AND
     CONTRIES IN UNDERDEVELOPMENT BY
   CONSTRUCTING INCLUSION AND VIRTUOUS,
 SYNERGYSTIC CIRCLES THAT GENERATE SOCIAL
                  COHESION

   Major Challenge: Always human development
                                               54
MODEL BASED ON CHRISTIAN VALUES​​, SOCIALIST IDEALS AND SOLIDARITY
                           PRACTICES
                                         CAPACITY BUILDING

              RECOVERING                                             RESTORATION
              VALUES                     KNOWLEDGE AND               OF RIGHTS
OVERCOMING                                                                             BUILDING
  VICIOUS                                  SKILLS FOR                                  VIRTUOUS
               TRAINING AND
  CIRCLES                                 DEVELOPMENT             SCIENCE,              CIRCLES
               SKILLS
               DEVELOPMENT,                                       TECHNOLOGY
               TECHNOLOGY AND                                     AND INNOVATION
               LANGUAGES
                                          POVERTY AND
                                           INEQUALITY
                                           REDUCTION            PROGRAMS,
                CITIZEN POWER                                   CAPITALIZATION
                AND PUBLIC                                      AND SUBSIDIES
                PARTICIPATION
                                       MACROECONOMIC
                                         STABILITY AND
                                      ECONOMIC GROWTH         WAGE
                   GRAND ALLIANCE                             CONSENSUS; 1
                   WORKERS-                                   DIGIT INFLATION;
                   PRODUCERS AND                              HIGH RESERVES,
                   ENTREPRENEURS                              FREE EXCHANGE
                   -GOVERNMENT                                AND DEBTS
                                                              REDUCTION
                                         SOCIAL COHESION
                                          AND DYNAMIC,
                                             POSITIVE
                   JOB CREATION                               PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS
                                           INVESTMENT                                  CHALLENGE:
CHALLENGE:     LOWER COST OF LIVING          CLIMATE        ENERGY INVESTMENTS           WORLD
  CLIMATE
                         PUBLIC SAFETY                     INFRAESTRUCTURE              ECONOMY
  CHANGE
                              PROTECTION OF MOTHER EARTH AND
                               ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE                                  55
SURVEY OF COST OF LIVING IN LATIN                    THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY IN CENTRAL
AMERICA: MANAGUA IN NICARAGUA                                    AMERICA
(POSITION 213) ONE OF THE CITIES WITH
                                                                                Homicide Rates in Central America
LOW COST OF LIVING                          91,6                                   (per 100,000 inhabitants)
                                                    84,0
                                                                                                 2011      2012
                                                                       69,2

                                                            38,5
                                                                34,0
                                                                              30,0
                                                                                      15,4 18,0
                                                                                                  12,6 11,0   10,0 8,9

                                          Honduras Guatemala El Salvador             Panamá   Nicaragua Costa Rica

                                                                                 Vehicular theft in Central America
                                            8.095
                                                    7.334                                              2010      2011
                                                               5.475    5.222
                                                                                3.800
                                                            3.130                         2.811
                                                                                      1.035
                                                                                                   366 720     387 272

                                            Guatemala       Honduras   Costa Rica El Salvador      Panamá     Nicaragua

                                                   Safety Index 2012: Nicaragua is the
                                                   second safest country in Central
                                                   America and the third in Latin
                                                   America

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                                        Source: Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 2012 Security Risk Report
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