Country Strategy

Together, IDB staff and Costa Rica determine how Costa Rica’s priorities coincide with the Bank’s development strategies for the region. The product of that process is the IDB country strategy with Costa Rica, containing the Bank’s expected program for Costa Rica for 2011-2014.

Country strategies include an overview of the country’s current economic situation. They draw on analytical work conducted by the Bank and other parties on a wide range of economic and social sectors, such as rural and urban development, health, education, government modernization, transportation, trade, and the environment, among others.

Costa Rica’s Operational Strategy (2011-2014)

Given the main development challenges identified, the Bank’s strategy with the country for the period 2011-20141 will focus on the following sectors:  (i) transportation; (ii) energy; (iii) citizen security; (iv) early childhood development; (v) health; and (vi) innovation. In addition, the Bank will work to strengthen country systems in financial management and government procurement.

Work is also being done with private partners to facilitate the development of public infrastructure, and significant growth is therefore expected in the nonsovereign-guaranteed window.