Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 70

Repeal of the privatization of the pension system in Nicaragua

This paper documents the reversal of pension privatization and the reforms that took place in the 1990s and 2000s in Nicaragua. The report analyses the political economy of different reform proposals, and the characteristics of the new pension system, including laws enacted, governance and social security administration, social dialogue, positive impacts and other key issues of the Nicaraguan pension system.