The international competitiveness of the Costa Rican clothing industry

Includes bibliography

Ventajas y limitaciones de la experiencia de Costa Rica en materia de políticas de competencia: un punto de referencia para la región centroamericana

Incluye Bibliografía

Health management contracts in Costa Rica from a comparative perspective

Includes bibliography

Reforming health-care management in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Climate change and challenges for tourism in Central America

Incluye Bibliografía

Determinants and home-country effects of FDI outflows: Evidence from Latin American countries

Foreign direct investment (FDI) by Latin American companies has increased sharply since the beginning of the 2000s. While most investment flows correspond to firms from large economies (i.e. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Colombia), small economies have also witnessed the increasing internationalisation of their domestic companies. This study examines the strategies followed by multinational enterprises (MNEs) from Latin America when they decide to invest in other countries, highlighting differences by sector and issuer-country size. To that end a new database, which comprises quantitative information on the main operations abroad of Latin American enterprises (both greenfield, and mergers and acquisitions) was constructed, based on fDi Markets and Thomson Reuters Datastream. It also investigates the home-country effects of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by conducting a case study of Costa Rica through a representative sample of firms investing abroad.

Women's participation in economic activity as a strategic factor of change in fertility: the cases of Mexico and Costa Rica

Includes bibliography

Female-headed single-parent households and poverty in Costa Rica

Includes bibliography

The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America

The objective of this report is to understand the rationality that underpins public and business policies for promoting the IT and SIS industries and to determine whether they incorporate gender equality and/or provide incentives for women’s participation. The report also explores how this group of women is symbolically constructed within the firms, what issues are emphasized by the women themselves and what solutions or resources they propose for overcoming the problems. It then contrasts this discourse and intervention with the experiences, visions and demands of women leaders in the SIS sector. For this purpose, the policies, programmes and best practices of Europe are analysed and compared with instruments currently in place in Latin America and the Caribbean, in terms of their specific characteristics and degree of progress. Special attention is given to the cases of Argentina, Costa Rica and Colombia.

Hacia la construcción de pactos para la autonomía económica de las mujeres: la experiencia de Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panamá y el Perú

El presente estudio proporciona un análisis de los procesos desarrollados en Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panamá y el Perú entre 2013 y 2014 para establecer diálogos y construir acuerdos en torno a la autonomía económica de las mujeres, y ofrece una reflexión sobre algunos elementos comunes entre las cuatro experiencias. El análisis busca identificar, de manera preliminar, las condiciones necesarias para el establecimiento e implementación de acuerdos y pactos que pueden tener resultados concretos para alcanzar la autonomía de las mujeres, así como para garantizar sus derechos en la esfera económica.

Estudio sobre la autonomía económica de las mujeres en Costa Rica, El Salvador y Panamá

El presente estudio tiene como fin conocer los avances en materia de leyes y de política pública a partir de la firma de los Acuerdos de compromiso elaborados por los gobiernos de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Panamá en el tema de la autonomía económica de las mujeres en los primeros meses de 2014. Se busca analizar el resultado de las experiencias en estos países, detectar los avances y los desafíos, y a partir de este diagnóstico brindar propuestas de política pública que coadyuven a fortalecer el avance en la autonomía económica de las mujeres.