Costa Rica

OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica: Research Findings on Productivity

Opening Session of the Second Ministerial Summit on Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean

This meeting follows a successful initiative that started in Santiago de Chile, where we met in December 2016. I trust that today’s Summit will be once again an opportunity to exchange views on how stronger productivity growth can contribute to better lives in the region.

Launch of the OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica: Research findings on productivity from firm-level, trade and sectoral data

I would like to thank Minister Alexander Mora and the General Manager of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, Emmanuel Prado, for the active collaboration that both they and their teams have given us in this project. The access to data at the level of individual firms provided by the Central Bank was essential to complete this research.

OECD Economic Surveys: Costa Rica 2018

Presentation of the 2018 Economic Survey of Costa Rica

Over the past decade, Costa Rica has achieved strong socio-economic progress that benefits the lives of its citizens, underpinned by virtually universal healthcare, basic education and access to pensions.

Costa Rica: Restore fiscal sustainability and make growth more inclusive

Costa Rica has made impressive economic and social progress in recent years, with robust economic growth facilitating near-universal access to education, health care and pensions.

Economic Survey of Costa Rica 2018

The latest OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica details the factors behind the strong socio-economic achievements of the past decades as well as the challenges remaining to ensure growth is both sustainable and more inclusive. It projects growth of around 3.7% for the 2018-19 period and lays out an agenda for achieving further transformation and greater convergence with OECD countries.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Costa Rica on 17-18 April 2018

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in San José, Costa Rica, on 17-18 April 2018. He will present the OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica and attend the 2nd Latin American Ministerial Summit on Productivity, where he will present specific work on how to foster productivity in the country.

OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica launches Tuesday 17 April 2018

The latest OECD Economic Survey of Costa Rica, to be published on Tuesday 17 April, analyses the factors behind the country’s impressive economic and social progress, as well as the challenges remaining to making growth more robust and more inclusive.

La OCDE publicará su Estudio Económico sobre Costa Rica el martes 17 de abril de 2018

El último Estudio Económico de la OCDE sobre Costa Rica, que se publicará el martes 17 de abril, analiza los factores subyacentes al impresionante avance social y económico del país, así como las dificultades persistentes para conseguir un crecimiento más sólido e inclusivo.