Costa Rica

Las políticas que fomentan una mayor integración de los trabajadores inmigrantes podrían mejorar su contribución a la economía costarricense, según el nuevo informe del Centro de Desarrollo OIT-OCDE

El estudio proporciona un análisis sin precedentes de la contribución de los trabajadores inmigrantes en tres áreas de la economía costarricense: mercado laboral, crecimiento económico y finanzas públicas.

Policies encouraging the further integration of immigrant workers could enhance their contribution to Costa Rica’s economy, says new ILO-OECD Development Centre report

The study provides an unprecedented analysis of immigrant workers’ contribution in three areas of the Costa Rica’s economy: labour markets, economic growth and public finance.

How Immigrants Contribute to Costa Rica's Economy

Structural policies to boost productivity and inclusion in Costa Rica

Owing to past structural reforms, Costa Rica has enjoyed robust GDP growth and productivity levels are gradually converging towards the OECD average.

Costa Rica: Restoring fiscal sustainability and setting the basis for a more growth-friendly and inclusive fiscal policy

Consecutive years of primary deficits have led to mounting public debt of almost 50% of GDP, one of the fastest increases in Latin America over the last decade.

Respaldo del Secretario General de la OCDE a las medidas fiscales anunciadas por Costa Rica

“En los últimos años la OCDE ha alertado repetidamente a Costa Rica acerca del débil estado de sus finanzas públicas. Ello quedó reflejado en los Estudios Económicos de la OCDE de Costa Rica de 2016 y 2018. Costa Rica ha tenido déficits fiscales durante casi una década, y el déficit público del año pasado fue el más grande en los últimos 30 años.

Aid at a glance charts

These ready-made tables and charts provide for snapshot of aid (Official Development Assistance) for all DAC Members as well as recipient countries and territories. Summary reports by regions (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the world are also available.

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.