Health & Education

Geeking Up

Focus: High-skilled Human Capital

Costa Rica is placing extra emphasis on dual and bilingual education in order to boost its manufacturing and IT sectors and create more jobs.

Health & Education

Healthy Heartbeat

Focus: Cluster growth

The medical device industry has grown from a marginal sector into the country's biggest exporter in just 20 years and shows no signs of slowing down.

Agriculture

Skipping Markets

Focus: Value-added production

The agricultural sector in Costa Rica is undergoing a period of transformation, and its flagship commodity, coffee, is leading the revolution into the new era of sustainable high-end agroindustry.

Transport

The Green Future is in Carbon-neutral Rail

Focus: Costa Rica public transport

It is well known that Costa Rica boasts some of the cleanest energy mixes on the planet, recording many days in which the whole country is powered solely by renewable energy sources throughout the year.

Transport

Keep It Coming

Focus: Moín Container Terminal

Real Estate & Construction

A Model to Behold

Focus: Micro cities

Rising land costs, frustrating commutes, smarter technology, and a desire to live in more meaningful, comprehensive, and compact communities are driving developers to implement interesting new mixed-use development solutions.

Telecoms & IT

Building The Next Digital Platform

Focus: Costa Rica Digital

Energy

Decarbonization at its Core

Focus: Decarbonization 2050

Already a leader in the fight against climate change and in the promotion of clean energy sources, Costa Rica is further strengthening its efforts toward becoming carbon neutral by 2021 and goes further by aiming for the decarbonization of its economy in the present century.

Finance

A Taxing Process

Focus: Tax reforms

While tax reform is but one step needed to rally Costa Rica's economy, the government is unlikely to view it in isolation from other economic imperatives such as employment and the projection of a competitive commercial environment.

Finance

Leaps and Bonds

Focus: Eurobonds

To put an end to its public debt and fiscal deficit, the government is set to issue eurobonds, although there is still no agreement about an upper limit.

Economy

Improved Strategies for FDI

Communiqué: Legal guide for foreign investors

Costa Rica's stability, supportive political institutions, and initiatives to provide the best service and assistance to investment companies have created a unique environment for hundreds of foreign investors.

Economy

All Part of the Service

Focus: Shared servicing

Costa Rica has the right mix of staff and infrastructure demanded by a thriving business support industry.

Diplomacy

Join the Club

Focus: OECD membership bid

While the OECD's guidelines are not mandatory, being a signatory can offer a country the status of commitment to corporate and social responsibility in the operation of a free market economy.

Tourism

Tico to Paradise

Focus

Costa Rica's social stability and longstanding ties to developed markets have created one of the region's best tourism sectors, and industry leaders are working to expand transit infrastructure and form new partnerships with Asian markets to ensure it remains a strength.

Health & Education

Class Is In Session

Focus: Education

High levels of public investment have made Costa Rica's education system one of the strongest in Latin America, and government leaders are working to improve teacher quality and ensure that the poorest Costa Ricans have access to quality secondary and tertiary schools.

Health & Education

Get the Ball Rolling

Focus: Education Training

One of the main factors that attracts investors to Costa Rica has been its skilled human capital. For this purpose, the government and academia are collaborating to improve programs and better align them to the requirements of several industries.

Health & Education

Pills, Pills, Pills

Focus: Pharma Industry

Eager to take advantage of preexisting logistical networks and a skilled population, pharmaceutical firms have begun to seek out Costa Rica as a base of operations in Latin America.

Agriculture

Pineapple Promised Land?

Focus: Pineapples

Costa Rica must contemplate the economic and environmental feasibility of becoming a large pineapple exporter following its first shipment to China in 2017.

Agriculture

Steady As She Grows

Focus

Highly competitive exports and traditional farming converge in Costa Rica, while corporate social responsibility and environmental mindedness are key.

Construction & Real Estate

Real Estate, Real Gains

Focus: REITs

2017 proved to be a pinnacle year for real estate investment, and 2018 is poised to reach even greater heights.