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“Jodido, Pero Contento"Urban Economics and the Popular Revolution in Nicaragua
Author(s) -
Higgins Michael J.,
Coen Tanya
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1990.4.2.156
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , economic planning , politics , economic growth , private sector , political economy , political science , sociology , economy , economics , development economics , market economy , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
The People of Nicaragua have struggled through a decade that was torn between revolutionary triumph and counterreactions to that triumph. They have been stymied in finding a political economy for their revolution. Nicaraguans under the Sandinistas referred to theirs as a mixed economy, where the private and social sectors pursue cooperative instead of exploitive relations. When asked to explain their economic state, the Nicaraguans often said, "Jodido, pero contento,” which can be paraphrased as "poor, but happy.” Having failed with centralized regulative planning, the government decided to allow local‐level generative planning to become a major factor in Managua's economic life. [Nicaragua, urban economics, planning, popular revolution]