All Entries in the "Private Schools" Category

Why and How To Do Business in Costa Rica

Investments in education and development make this Central American nation a hotspot for high-tech companies and suppliers.
Costa Rica’s vote and approval of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) put the nation of 4 million people in the spotlight as a potential trade partner for U.S. firms. But savvy global companies—and even savvier buyers—have considered [...]

One Third of Costa Rican Children Live in Poverty

Children represent 32% of the poor in Costa Rica; limited opportunities for single mothers among causes.
One third of Costa Rican children under age 12, almost 300,000 in all, live in poverty according to government figures published January 25, 2010 by the local press in the Costa Rica, San José capital.
Statistics from the “State of the [...]

Break Me Off A Piece Of Costa Rica

Nicholas Kristof has a happy-go-lucky column yesterday in the New York Times about Costa Rica that reads as part tourism advertisement, part political common sense.
He goes on and on about how the country is consistently ranked high in “happiness” surveys. This is true. How, then, did they get that way?

What sets Costa Rica apart [...]

Why is Costa Rica Smiling?

This Central American country tops the Happy Planet Index.
A child growing up in the Costa Rican countryside is surrounded by some of the most beautiful and biodiverse landscapes in the world. The government of this tiny Central American country aims to keep it that way. But preserving this land of tropical rainforests isn’t Costa Rica’s [...]

Intel Costa Rica is Finalist for U.S. Award for Corporate Excellence

Intel Corporation, with headquarters in California, has a large presence in Costa Rica, where it strives to prepare local students for the high-tech job market.

The company, which makes integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide, is the largest company in Costa Rica. It thus has a stake in seeing the country’s students educated to [...]