In his inaugural speech in San Jose, May 8th, 2006, the recently elected President of Costa Rica, Dr. Oscar Arias Sánchez proclaimed;
‘I would like to think that the Presidential sash I wear today is the talisman that will make it possible for Costa Rica to arrive at the Bicentennial of its independence as a developed nation’.1
Costa Rica’s bicentennial year is 2021, giving the country just fifteen years to reach its goal. This article will take a look the strategies Costa Rica is adopting and the challenges and dilemmas it faces in working towards development.
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‘I would like to think that the Presidential sash I wear today is the talisman that will make it possible for Costa Rica to arrive at the Bicentennial of its independence as a developed nation’.1
Costa Rica’s bicentennial year is 2021, giving the country just fifteen years to reach its goal. This article will take a look the strategies Costa Rica is adopting and the challenges and dilemmas it faces in working towards development.
- A Little Piece of Paradise
- A Struggle in Progress
- Digital Development
- The Influence of Intel
- Green Economics
- The Growth of Environmentalism
- The Conservationist Movement
- Ecotourism
- Payments for Environmental Services
- Trouble in Paradise
- The Neoliberal Implant
- Structural Adjustment Policies
- A New and Dangerous Phase
- The Politics of Change
- DR-CAFTA
- The Race to the Bottom
- A Perverse Competition
- Towards Sustainable Development...
- Bibliography
