¿Quién incide en la gobernanza local en Nicaragua? El caso de los comités municipales de la soberanía y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional

Abstract

Since 2009, Nicaragua promotes a specific interinstitutional food safety structure. Out of all instances proposed in said law only municipal committees have been created, which have become the main arena of local politics. By means of social networks analysis, we analyzed the impact level of actors on local politics. The results show government actors with greater impact on initiative prioritization and approval. Although decision taken is not fully decentralized, these spaces replace the technical and economic weaknesses of local governments and avoid overlapping between actors.