Costa Rica

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.

Digital economy policy in Costa Rica

This review was conducted in the context of the Costa Rica's roadmap to OECD membership. It evaluates the country's willingness and ability to implement the substantive OECD legal instruments related to digital economy policy, and compares its national policies to OECD best practices.

Consumer policy in Costa Rica

This report provides an overview of consumer policy in Costa Rica in the context of the country's roadmap to OECD membership. It aims to assess Costa Rica's willingness and ability to implement the substantive OECD legal instruments related to consumer policy, and to evaluate Costa Rica’s policies and practices compared to OECD best practices on consumer issues.

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index Country Note: Costa Rica

A two-page OECD summary and analysis of the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index results for Costa Rica

Enhancing the Use of Competitive Tendering in Costa Rica’s Public Procurement System

The report focuses on two technical elements of the regulatory framework that affect the competition level of a procurement system: i) the exceptions to competitive tendering, and ii) the threshold system in place. The analysis demonstrates the impact of both dimensions on Costa Rica’s economy.

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Costa Rica 2019 (Second Round) - Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request

Costa Rica: Review of the Insurance System

This review of Cost Rica by the OECD's Insurance and Private Pensions Committee and Working Party on Governmental Experts on Insurance examines Costa Rica's position with respect to core principles related to insurance systems.

Inequalities in emerging economies: Informing the policy dialogue on inclusive growth

Statistics Working Paper N. 100 2018/13 - The paper describes inequality trends in selected emerging economies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) in a range of monetary (i.e. income) and non-monetary dimensions of people’s life (i.e. education, health status, employment and subjective well-being).

El Secretario General de la OCDE, Ángel Gurría, felicita a Costa Rica por la promulgación de la Ley de Fortalecimiento de las Finanzas Públicas

La Ley de Fortalecimiento de las Finanzas Públicas contiene medidas muy positivas para el restablecimiento del equilibrio fiscal en Costa Rica y va a permitir detener el crecimiento de la deuda publica en porcentaje del PIB en un futuro próximo.

Good jobs for all in a changing world of work: The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Costa Rica

The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges.