Costa Rica - Social Spending and the Poor

In social protection, Costa Rica has a well-established social assistance network to protect vulnerable groups, but it does not adequately reach the very poor. Costa Rica is not likely to be able to rely on favorable economic conditions to reverse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ribe, Helena, Víquez, Roxana
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/12050176/costa-rica-social-spending-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10372