Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Author: Meg Tyler Mitchell Ph.D.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-02-21

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 185109993X

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This work is a fascinating guide to one of Latin America's most stable and progressive nations, examining the country's development, unique features, and the challenges Costa Ricans face in the 21st century. Costa Rica: A Global Studies Handbook offers readers an authoritative tour of a remarkable country, tracing its historical development from pre-Colombian inhabitants and Spanish colonization through rising prosperity in the mid-19th century to current struggles to define itself economically and politically. Costa Rica combines narrative chapters on the nation's history and the current state of its political, social, and cultural institutions with alphabetically organized entries covering important people, places, and events in its development. Throughout, the authors, drawing on extensive research and their own experiences, highlight the many ways Costa Rica is different from its neighbors, as well as the challenges the country faces in the 21st century's globalized world.

Costa Rica Five Years after CAFTA-DR
Costa Rica Five Years after CAFTA-DR

Author: Friederike (Fritzi) Koehler-Geib

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1464805695

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The benefits of regional trade agreements can be important factors in the economic development of a country. This study looks at the impact of the Central America Free Trade Agreement - Dominican Republic on the Costa Rican economy overall and some key manufacturing and service sectors, finding positive results.

Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2009-04-29

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1451809697

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This paper discusses the request from Costa Rica for a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The program seeks to enable an orderly adjustment of the Costa Rican economy to an adverse external environment, while mitigating its adverse effects on growth and household incomes. To strengthen the external position, the authorities have tightened monetary conditions and increased exchange rate flexibility. Fiscal policy will be geared toward mitigating the impact of the adjustment on domestic activity and the most vulnerable population. IMF financial support is intended to bolster investor confidence in the authorities’ policy framework.

Green Encounters
Green Encounters

Author: Luis A. Vivanco

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2006-06-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0857456776

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Since the 1970s and 1980s, Monte Verde, Costa Rica has emerged as one of the most renowned sites of nature conservation and ecotourism in Costa Rica, and some would argue, Latin America. It has received substantial attention in literature and media on tropical conservation, sustainable development, and tourism. Yet most of that analysis has uncritically evaluated the Monte Verde phenomenon, using celebratory language and barely scratching the surface of the many-faceted socio-cultural transformations provoked by and accompanying environmentalism. Because of its stature, Monte Verde represents an ideal case study to examine the socio-cultural and political complexities and dilemmas of practicing environmentalism in rural Costa Rica. Based on many years of close observation, this book offers rich and original material on the ongoing struggles between environmental activists and of collective and oppositional politics to Monte Verde’s new “culture of nature.”

Tropical Plants of Costa Rica
Tropical Plants of Costa Rica

Author: Willow Zuchowski

Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781501763076

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"This second edition is in a smaller format than the first, with additional photos and a new section on the Osa Peninsula. More than 800 photographs, taken in the field, show entire plants and closer views of flowers, fruits, and seeds. Pen-and-ink drawings depict botanical details. The text covers identifying characteristics, natural history, chemical properties, economic importance, medicinal uses, conservation, ethnobotany, and ecology"--

The World Factbook 2007
The World Factbook 2007

Author:

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780160785801

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In general, information available as of January 1, 2007 was used in the preparation of this edition. Provides brief information on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, and defense of countries and regions around the world. Contains information on international organizations. Designed to meet the specific requirements of United States Government Officials in style, format, coverage, and content. Includes 3 unattached maps.

The 2008 CIA World Factbook
The 2008 CIA World Factbook

Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-21

Total Pages: 7980

ISBN-13:

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The World Factbook is published annually by the CIA. It is an almanac-style volume running to some 900 pages. Here you will find facts related to intelligence gathered by the CIA. The book is updated every year with new facts added and amendments made, as appropriate.