Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and enjoy very high home ownership rates. But one look at the shantytowns clinging precariously to the hillsides around many of the region's cities is enough to know that poor housing remains a serious problem....

Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic for the past twenty years. Fiscal benefits are among the policies that have been used to attract it. At first sight the model followed has been fruitful. In 2013 the...

Presentación a cargo del Banco Improsa (Costa Rica), el cual hace referencia al apoyo y asesoría que ofrecen a las Pymes. Da a conocer claves para comprender que el lenguaje y los métodos hay que cambiarlos para que sean efectivos.

Reporte para FOMIN realizado por consultores: Ricardo Monge González, Oswald Céspedes Torres y Juan Carlos Vargas Aguilar. Es el primer estudio sobre remitentes y receptores de remesas de Costa Rica a Nicaragua. Incluye montos y frecuencia de los flujos de remesas y una revisión económica...

Report commissioned by MIF and produced by consultant Ricardo Monge-González: First Study on Remittance senders and recipients from Costa Rica to Nicaragua. It includes size of remittances and economic assesment on the impact on the Economy and poverty reduction of Nicaragua .

Estudio sobre el caso de las remesas de Costa Rica hacia Nicaragua y la bancarización como mecanismo para reducir el costo de envío de las mismas

This presentation provides the comparative results of a project carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank to understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the importance of sectoral and size difference in both...

El presente estudio constituye un aporte al debate para una seguridad social más equitativa en los países de la región. Los resultados de esta investigación evidencian la necesidad de fortalecer los mecanismos a través de los cuales las personas con capacidad contributiva parcial puedan...

This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment demand characteristics (skills and gender). In particular...