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9 May 22
Incoming Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves has said he will keep on top of debt payments, having previously said the government needs a new support package from the International Monetary Fund.
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14 Sep 21
Costa Rica’s fiscal consolidation efforts have been buoyed by an International Monetary Fund deal and rising revenues – but political tensions and gridlock in its congress risk pushing its progress...
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21 Mar 16
The World Bank has approved an almost half a billion dollar loan to improve the timeliness and quality of health care in Costa Rica and strengthen institutional efficiency.
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16 Feb 16
The state of Costa Rica’s public finances presents a serious challenge to the country’s “impressive economic, social and environmental progress”, the OECD has warned.
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25 Sep 15
“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.