20. The Netherlands has provided the following assistance to Nicaragua in 1984-1985: Pharmaceutical industry f. 10.0 million Aqro-industries f. 5.0 nillion Health f. 1.0 million Potatoes: growth, storage and marketing f. 3.5 million Rehabilitation and improvement of seaports f. I0.0 million Miscellaneous f , 3.0 mill.ion Total f. 32.5 million H. SPain 21. A11 co-operation with Nicaragua is handled by the Iberoamerican Co-operation Institute (ICI) and, for 1984 and 1985, ICI is providing the following: (a) Agriculture and livestock: training centre in Juigalpa, six expertsl (b) Healtfr: regional hospital in Juigalpa, four physicians, and eouipment, books and an ambulance; (c) Township management in Julgalpa: three technicians for land distribution, water treatment, markets, slaughterhouses etc.; (d) Co.-operatives in Juigalpa: two experts for the structuring of industrial co-operatives; (e) Technical school for Granada: four experts in chemistry, electricians, metal mechanics and automative mechanics as weII as ecu.ipment valued at $80,000; (f) Hist,orical Centre of Le6n: three experts in architecture and one soc iolog i st; (g) International economic relations, Managua.. courses and seminars, two expertsi /...A/40/436 Eng Ii sh Page ll (h) Data storage ancl processing in Civil Registry, Managuar four experts in data processing; (i) In addition, fellowsbips have also been made available in t.he above- mentioned fields. I. Sweden 22. Swedish development assistance to Nicaragua was initiated in 1979 as emergency assistance primarily within the health care sector. Since 1982 it has been provided in accordance with the principles governing disbursement to the main recipients of Swedish bilateral assistance, the programme countries of the Swedish International Development Authority. 23. During the years 1979 to 1984, Swedish official development assistance extended to Nicaragua totalled over 400 million Swedish kronor. 24. In May 1984, a two-year agreement on development assistance valued at SKr 150 million was signed with Nicaragua. On 17 April 1985, the Swedish
**Analysis**
The text appears to be describing various forms of assistance and aid provided by different countries (Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden) to Nicaragua, primarily in the fields of economic development, health, agriculture, and education. The assistance includes provision of equipment, training, and experts in various areas, indicating a focus on capacity building and development.

**Category**
Economic development, Health, Agriculture, Education