Costa Rica
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Why some digital payment systems replace cash and others don’t
Instant payments can substitute for cash when adoption moves quickly beyond high-income early users. Evidence from Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico finds that the key is a rapid low-income gradient: systems must combine low adoption costs, dense networ...
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How Costa Rica became an FDI powerhouse
Costa Rica has become a world leader in attracting FDI. We talked with the former Minister of Foreign Trade to find out how.
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Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica
In theory, responsible sourcing has ambiguous effects on workers; empirically, exposed workers benefit but with adverse knock-on effects
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Multinationals and local development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company
Investment in amenities by large foreign companies induced by labour market competition can have persistent positive effects on local living standards
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How to cast a wider tax net? Experimental evidence from Costa Rica
A simple tax enforcement email aimed at non-filers offers a cost-effective solution for improving tax compliance
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Does Fair Trade work?
Fair Trade coffee produced in Costa Rica benefits the producers and skilled workers, but not the unskilled workers