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The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, landed in Shanghai in the first leg of his official visit to China, a country in which she will look to continue to improve bilateral trade cooperation and attract more Chinese investment...

Costa Rica’s largest private bank, Banco BAC San José S.A., will receive a loan of as much as $40 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to used to expand mortgage financing and lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

A study by the Central Institute for Fiscal Studies (ICEFI), called "Fiscal policy in Central America in times of crisis

The franchise sector in Costa Rica has shown strong growth over the years. According to data provided by the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, there are currently 221 brands operating as franchises in the country

San Jose - Tax evasion is down from 32% to 29% in 2010, but difficult to track sales in Costa RicaThe Costa Rican-annually, evade $2.4 million in taxes. This follows from the first study on tax avoidance by...

San Jose - In June 2012, the Canadian Ministry of Trade and Costa Rica counterparts concluded fourth round of negotiations in an effort to update the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement.The updated agreement is designed to modernize and...

San Jose - Costa Rica is struggling with the private sectors onslaught since the opening of the markets with  Central American Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) or the TLC.Before the trade agreement the pace of Costa Rica development moved...