and international policy during recent decades. On the one hand, the need for sophisticated trade and industrial policies … of the top-down approach to trade and industrial policies through which one size-for-all rules are drawn at he … industrial policies? After arguing for the relevance of industrial policy, the author presents an alternative framework by taking …

's economic performance alongside domestic events, policies, and governance. Finally, we discuss a set of critical challenges …

complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration … political system to deliver decisions and implement chosen policies. Despite these problems, Costa Rica's case is interesting …