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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Costa Rica in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these
links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** ARCHIVES *** The
World Factbook – Costa Rica U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html [accessed 23
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/costa-rica/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Costa
Rica’s economy also faces challenges due to a rising fiscal deficit, rising
public debt, and relatively low levels of domestic revenue. Poverty has remained
around 20-25% for nearly 20 years, and the government’s strong social safety
net has eroded due to increased constraints on its expenditures. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $16,900 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
14% industry:
22% services: 64% (2006 est.) Unemployment
rate: 8.1% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 21.7% (2014
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 7.5 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy
at birth: total population: 79.2 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 2.95 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 97.8% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Costa Rica borgenproject.org/category/costa-rica/ [accessed 25 January 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the
United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for
the world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Things To Know About Child Poverty In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-costa-rica/ ~
Renewable Energy In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/renewable-energy-in-costa-rica/ ~
4 Organizations Fighting Child Labor In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/child-labor-in-costa-rica/ ~
Updates On Sdg 7 In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/sdg-7-in-costa-rica/ ~
Innovations In Poverty Eradication In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/innovations-in-poverty-eradication-in-costa-rica/ ~
Economic Growth And Ecotourism In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/ecotourism-in-costa-rica/ ~
Financial Literacy In Costa Rica To Reduce Poverty borgenproject.org/financial-literacy-costa-rica/ ~
Creative Solutions For Homelessness In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-costa-rica/ ~
Healthcare In Costa Rica borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-costa-rica/ The
World Bank in Costa Rica www.worldbank.org/en/country/costarica/overview [accessed 18 April 2021] Costa
Rica is a development success story in many aspects. Considered an upper
middle-income country, Costa Rica has experienced steady economic expansion
over the past 25 years, but the COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors,
challenges these achievements. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Costa-Rica-ECONOMY.html [accessed 23 December 2020] The
economy of Costa Rica, like that of all other countries in Central America, was
originally based on the production of tropical agricultural commodities for
export. Although
per capita income slipped in the early 1990s, Costa Ricans still enjoyed the
highest per capita income in Central America. Following a structural
adjustment period, real GDP grew by 7.3% in 1992. In 1993, however, economic
growth slowed to 4.5%; continually declining until the rate hit–0.8% in 1996.
The decline was attributed to lingering negative expectations in the private
sector, adverse effects of increasing international competition, and
unfavorable weather. All
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