World Bank Group data includes poverty and inequality measures for Nicaragua, generated from analytical reports and national monitoring programs. The dataset likely contains internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group since 1990. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty based on household survey data mentioned in the description
- Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality measures
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods for poverty monitoring
- Comparing global poverty estimates and lines for Nicaragua produced since 1990
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, which has been generating comparable global poverty estimates since 1990.
- Includes measures from analytical reports and national poverty monitoring programs, suggesting multiple sources of validation.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.
- Time Range
- Data generation includes estimates produced since 1990, but specific temporal coverage for this file is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:04:15.067655; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Nicaragua