Nitlapán will be working with ODI in the UK, CIES in Peru, GNTP in Bolivia, and CIPPEC in Argentina on a two year trade and poverty programme which launches today.

This article explores the effects CAFTA will have on the peoples of Nicaragua. The information from this article was collected through two weeks field research study in Nicaragua. The article highlights the magnitude of the asymmetries in the trade agreement between Central America and U.S and the effects this would have on the Nicaraguan society. The article also looks at agriculture, export-processing zones, environment and labour protection as well as fair trade.

The author finds that as coffee cooperatives have become more successful in Nicaragua, gender roles have begun to change and this in turn is contributing to greater stability and different forms of ec

This paper is one of a series of Economic Performance Assessments prepared for the EGAT