Analysis

Costa Rica’s Economic & Investment Outlook

The key to resolving Costa Rica’s fiscal deficit lies in a major reform that would replace the country’s sales tax with a value-added tax.

Megan Cook

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A Very Full Year of Elections

In the year-long period from November 2013 to November 2014, presidential elections will occur in nine Latin American countries.

Peter Hakim

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Foreign Investment a Top Priority: Solís

Attracting foreign investment to grow the economy is a top priority for Costa Rica’s new government, President Luis Guillermo Solís said at the Dialogue.

Megan Cook

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Informe avance SIEPAC y propuesta de medidas

El estudio analiza los avances del proyecto Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica de los Países de América Central (SIEPAC) y enumera los obstáculos que a la fecha impiden su exitosa implementación. El autor aborda los desafíos tanto políticos como económicos que enfrentan los países centroamericanos y proponen un plan de acción que incluye medidas para facilitar la coordinación internacional, fortalecer a las instituciones que encabezan el desarrollo y operación de la matriz eléctrica regional, y crear un marco seguro para el surgimiento de nuevos contratos de largo plazo.

Genaro Arriagada

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The Implications of Costa Rica’s Elections

The success of the Citizens’ Action Party (PAC) candidate, Luis Guillermo Solis, in Costa Rica’s first round president elections took analysts by surprise.

Laura Porras

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Políticas Docentes en Centroamérica. Tendencias Nacionales. Costa Rica

Este informe se inscribe en el marco de las actividades del Capítulo Centroamérica y República Dominicana del GT sobre Desarrollo de la Profesión Docente del PREAL y sirvió como insumo a un debate más amplio impulsado en coordinación con la Oficina Regional de Educación para América Latina y el Caribe…

Ma. Eugenia Paniagua

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A Time for Action

Latin America inequality gap, economic integration, and infrastructure and education systems were among the issues spotlighted at the XVII Annual CAF Conference.

Mary Dempsey

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Political Reform in Central America: Are Democratic Institutions at Risk?

In this working paper, Arturo J. Cruz-Sequeira, offers a fresh and original assessment of the state of democratic governance in five Central American nations: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Using economic and political data, Cruz shows how the interplay between each country’s civil society, political society, and government shapes its democratic development in the context of intensified citizen demands coupled with diminished US assistance.

Arturo J. Cruz-Sequeira

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Will the New US Aid Plan for Central America Be Successful?

Will Central American governments spend the money effectively? Do the countries in the isthmus have a good plan to fight the drug cartels?

Francisco Altschul, Francisco Villagrán de León, Kevin Casas-Zamora, James M. Meyer