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<journal-id>2448-7678</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación administrativa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investig. adm.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-7678</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-76782013000200039</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Growth diagnostic framework: case study of Nicaragua]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Marco diagnóstico de crecimiento: estudio de caso de Nicaragua]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Óscar]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lupe]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,National Chengchi University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guayaquil  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Santiago de Compostela  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>42</volume>
<numero>112</numero>
<fpage>39</fpage>
<lpage>50</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-76782013000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-76782013000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-76782013000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Nicaragua has one of the lowest growth domestic products (GDP) growth rates in the Americas, since its economic crisis, which lasted from 1978 to 1994. This investigation conducts a growth diagnostics of the Nicaraguan economy in order to identify the causes to its low growth rates compared to other countries in the region, focusing on Central American countries. This tool explains and exposes the main economic, social and political factors that impede the economic growth of a particular country in a specific context in time; also, it lists elements that generate low income in economic activities, and high finance costs, which negatively affect private investment and entrepreneurship. Our findings permit the development of a more successful growth strategy by designing specific policies in order to tackle the existing problems and obtain productive investment, productivity and a higher growth rate. We propose some policy reforms to eliminate the binding constraints identified in Nicaragua, and to increase growth and development outcomes.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Growth Diagnostic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Binding Constraint]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nicaragua]]></kwd>
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