What works in Nicaragua
3 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Nicaragua
The evidence shows Nicaragua pursuing large-scale environmental and infrastructure initiatives alongside formal gender-parity reforms, with mixed substantive outcomes. CommuniTree's Plan Vivo–certified reforestation programme engaged 4,000+ smallholder families across 17,000+ hectares and paid US$3.1 million to communities in 2021, while CARCIP extended broadband to roughly 75,000–180,000 people across the Caribbean Coast with digital-literacy training for health and education staff. However, Nicaragua's gender-parity law achieved 53.9% female National Assembly representation by 2024—the world's third-highest—yet coincided with the closure of roughly 80% of active NGOs, including dozens of women's-rights organisations, illustrating that numeric parity alone does not guarantee substantive gender equality.
Drawn from: CommuniTree Community Carbon Programme (Nicaragua) · Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) – Nicaragua · Nicaragua's Gender Parity Law — Record Numbers, Eroding Substance
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.595
Governance, certification & transferability +0.306
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.129
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.118
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Sustainability -0.314
Efficiency -0.517
Documented learning -0.724
Effectiveness -0.811
Impact on gender equality -0.827
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.902
Top good practices here
CommuniTree Community Carbon Programme (Nicaragua) · 67
Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) – Nicaragua · 52
Nicaragua's Gender Parity Law — Record Numbers, Eroding Substance · 52
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