Since 1994, Nicaragua's PRODEL fund has combined small grants for neighbourhood infrastructure with housing and micro-enterprise credit across founding municipalities, reaching 38,000 …
Puntos de Encuentro's youth TV drama and community-mobilisation strategy reached 70% of young Nicaraguan women; a three-year panel of 4,500 youths found …
Managua, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
Top 45%70/100
Nicaraguan NGO Puntos de Encuentro paired a nationally broadcast youth telenovela, Sexto Sentido, with community outreach under its Somos Diferentes, Somos Iguales …
Managua, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 7%67/100
Plan Vivo–certified community reforestation with 4,000+ smallholder families across 17,000+ ha in Estelí highlands. All 2015–2021 credits independently verified; US$3.1M paid to …
In 2023, Nicaragua joined UNICEF's Accessible Digital Textbooks initiative, piloting two AI-converted prototypes — maths and environmental studies — in three Managua …
Managua, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 40%53/100
Nicaragua's Ministry of Education ran a five-week national AI-tools course via UNAN-Managua for 6,000 school directors, sub-directors and pedagogical advisors across basic, …
Managua, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 82%52/100
A US$20.1M World Bank IDA credit financed a fibre network across Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, aiming to connect some 180,000 people, including indigenous …
Bluefields, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 67%52/100
Nicaragua's RISEMP paid 138 cattle ranchers across 4,560 ha in Matiguás–Río Blanco (2003–2008) for silvopastoral land-use change, scored on a biodiversity/carbon index; …
Matiguás, Nicaragua
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 81%33/100
Nicaragua's Ministry of Education, INATEC, SETEC and the National Engineering University launched three national guides on responsible, ethical AI use for educators, …