Costa Rica Five Years after CAFTA-DR : Assessing Early Results

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Trade and FDI Patterns -- The High-Tech Sector: FDI and Export Performance -- Insurance: The End of a Monopoly and a New Beginning for a Market -- Telecommunications and the End of Another Monopoly -- Intellectual Property Rights in CAFTA-DR and the Link to Pharmaceuticals in Costa Rica -- Chapter 1 The Context of CAFTA-DR in Costa Rica -- Introduction -- CAFTA-DR in Historical Context -- Economic Arguments for and against CAFTA-DR at the Time of Ratification -- Legal and Regulatory Changes with CAFTA-DR -- Trade and FDI Patterns with CAFTA-DR -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 CAFTA-DR and the High-Tech Sector: FDI and Export Performance -- Introduction -- The Impacts of FTAs on FDI and Exports in Costa Rica's High-Tech Sector -- CAFTA-DR and FDI in the High-Tech Sector: Evidence from Secondary Data -- CAFTA-DR and Exports in the High-Tech Sector: Evidence from Secondary Data -- CAFTA-DR, FDI, and MNC Performance in the High-Tech Sector: Findings from Online Surveys -- CAFTA-DR, FDI, and Exports in the High-Tech Sector: Findings from Structured Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Insurance: The End of a Monopoly, and a New Beginning for a Market -- Introduction and Summary -- Legislative Change -- Market Dynamics -- Comparison with CAFTA-DR and Latin American Countries -- Interpreting Recent Developments -- Outlook -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Telecommunications and the End of Another Monopoly -- Introduction and Summary -- Legal and Regulatory Developments -- The Entry of Private Mobile Service Providers -- Liberalization Drives Improvements in Access to Telecommunications Services -- Fixed-Line Telephone Services -- Fixed Internet -- Mobile Broadband Services.