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| Nicaragua's geography and political divisions come to life on a map painted on the wall of a hotel in Matagalpa. The two Atlantic Coast regions, the most isolated and poorest in the country, are the focus of a new IDB-financed program to strengthen local government. |
New
position, new responsibilities.
Taxes
make the difference.
The
complex history of a long-ignored region.
From
dependency to autonomy.
Building
local government from the bottom up.
The
economics of decentralization.
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