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Keep your money in the gene bank Bioprospecting is one more economic reason to conserve nature   |
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March 2004
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From our forest to your medicine cabinet How a unique scientific institution helps Costa Rican firms to profit from bioprospecting |
IDB America
March 2004
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Biodiversity for profit Take a look at six projects that small Costa Rican companies are doing to make profits with natural resources. |
Global Services
July 29, 2007
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Q&A With Alfredo Ribeiro, HP Costa Rica HP has an IT and support service center in Costa Rica, which was created in August 2003, to provide services to their main client P&G. |
Global Services
July 29, 2007
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Offshoring to Costa Rica Although the past decade has been a rough ride for Costa Rica, its economy has, in many ways, been a model for developing nations. |
IDB America
Charo Quesada |
Civil society causes a political earthquake in Costa Rica The 2002 national elections in Costa Rica offer a vivid example of just how influential civil society organizations have become in Latin America. |
Fast Company
May 2012
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At Starbucks's New Costa Rican Cafe, Costa Rican Coffee Is Hard To Come By This month, the caffeine chain opens its first store in Costa Rica, a nation that already knows a thing or two about java |
IDB America
March 2004
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Don't let the smell fool you A native tree yields a very distinctive and nutritious beverage. Carmen Chan of Costa Rica brews this elixir in her small factory. |
IDB America
December 2003
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The biowealth of nations An eminent scientist argues that the information contained in biodiversity is one of a country's greatest assets. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
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Who gains in the Internet age? As it eagerly embraces new technologies, Latin America also worries about competition and a growing digital divide |
Scientific American
December 2008
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Turf Battles: Politics Interfere with Species Identification As nations view their flora and fauna as commodities, science suffers. |
AskMen.com
Andrea Gourgy |
Three Days in the Costa Rican Rainy Season Even in Costa Rica's rainy season, there is plenty to see and do. In fact, the rainy season brings certain advantages that the dry season doesn't have -- like cheaper prices, shorter queues and some very unique attractions |
Fast Company
February 2001
Bonnie Schwartz |
Unwiring the World Small, intelligent communities are working to combat the digital divide. |
IDB America
May 2004
Paul Constance |
Customer-Centered Courts How Costa Rica is using technology to make justice more accessible and convenient. |
IDB America
May 2004
Paul Constance |
Is This Judge Productive? New information systems shine light on previously dark corners of the judiciary system in Costa Rica. |
AskMen.com
Daniel Harrison |
Cruising In Costa Rica From its fresh fruit to its rainforest adventures, Costa Rica is a lush haven that makes this three-day itinerary inviting to honeymoon couples, wave-seeking surfers and thrill-seeking urbanites. |
Science News
April 14, 2007 |
Science Safari: Greaseball Challenge Here's a link that shows the participants in a charity biofuel car rally who are on their way from the U.S. East Coast to San Jose, Costa Rica. |
IDB America
October 2004
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Solving the Competitiveness Conundrum The IDB is proud of the role it has played in promoting administrative, financial and judicial reform in its Latin American member countries, both through the Bank's lending programs and in the many innovative initiatives taken by its Multilateral Investment Fund. |
IDB America
July 2002
Claudia Neira |
Creating lifesaving liquids Gustavo Rojas lives surrounded by snakes. As director of the Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica, Rojas leads a team of scientists who develop antiophidian serums for the treatment of snakebites. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
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Costa Rica: Head for the Tropics Many retirees are leaving the U.S. and heading for Costa Rica. |
Sports Central
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Diane M. Grassi |
Baseball, Rawlings Bring New Meaning to Free Trade In 2006, this reporter shed light on the seemingly unfair labor practices taking place in Costa Rica in a factory operated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. |
IDB America
August 2007
Alexandra Russell-Bitting |
Young Costa Rican Artists: Nine Proposals Exhibit at IDB headquarters showcased the diversity and pluralism of Costa Rica's contemporary art scene. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005
Antillon & Roberts |
Spotlight on Central America Over the past decade, Costa Rica has experienced sustained economic growth with an average annual growth rate of 4.5 percent from 1994 to 2004. The high-growth economy has fueled the need to develop business centers, malls and residential communities. |
