Social Policy and Social Reform ‘Costa Rican Style’: A Paradigmatic Case of Heterodoxy in the Context of a Peripheral Economy

Manuel Barahona, Ludwig Güendel and Carlos Castro

Chapter 8 in Latin America, 2007, pp 327-377 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Costa Rica is a small country located on a segment of the Central American isthmus between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, with a surface area of 31,758 square miles (51,100 square kilometres). Its population exceeds four million inhabitants. It is a country in full demographic transition, whose territory is organized administratively into seven provinces, 81 cantons and six planning regions.

Keywords: Social Policy; Pension System; United Nations Development Program; Social Investment; Social Expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625259_9

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