Books/ Reports
The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica
Sterling Evans. University of Texas Press. USA 1999.
Quantifying Sustainable Development: The Future of Tropical Economies
Ed. Charles A.S. Hall, Academic Press UK & USA, 2000.
The State of the Nation Report. Costa Rica 2004/5.
www.estadonacion.or.cr
Choose Life, Democracy and the Challenge of Peaceful Change: Oscar Arias’s Inaugural Speech
San Jose, Costa Rica, 5/8/2006. www.nacion.com
Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez – Independence Day Address to the Nation.
San Jose, 9/15/2006. http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news.htm
Articles and Papers
Development
Costa Rica’s Development Strategy based on Human Capital and Technology.
Andres Rodriguez-Clare. Human Development Report for UNDP, Feb 2001
hdr.undp.org/docs/publications/background_papers/Rodriguez-Clare.pdf
The Millenium Development Goals Need A Caring State.
2006 www.socialwatch.org/en/informesnacionales/458.html
Central American Development: The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the 1990s.
Vincent McElhinny. www.share-elsalvador.org/cafta/impactoftrade.htm
An Introduction to Costa Rican Free Trade Zones
www.costarica.com
Latin America: Outsourcing’s New Hotspot
6/22/2006. www.crmbuyer.com
Costa Rica Rides High-Tech Wave.
2006. www.artinsoft.com
Politics
The Country Oscar ‘the Eagle’ Arias will be flying over.
Amaru Barahona, 2006. www.envio.ni/articulo/3306
Costa Rica Polarizes in a Leftward Shift.
Dr. Michael Weinstein. The Power and Interest News Report. 2006.
www.pinr.com
Costa Rica’s Politics of Change
Frank Kendrick Ph.D. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. 3/8/2006
www.coha.org
How to Restart the Costa Rican Economy
Richard W Rahn. Director General Center For Global Economic Growth.
Washington Times, 3/28/2006.
Oscar Arias Presidency Means Victory for Development
Marianela Jimenez. March 2006. http://abcnews.go.com
DR-CAFTA
CAFTA Free Trade vs Democracy
Mark Engler. 01/29/2003 www.globalpolicy.org
CAFTA and Investment: Will Investment Grow Or Just The Risks?
Oxfam America Report, 3/22/2004. www.oxfamamerica.org
Activists Pledge to Keep Up Fight Against US Trade Deal
Jose Eduardo Mora. www.ipsnews.net.
www.en.wikipedia.org
Environment
Conservation and Development: Lessons from Costa Rica
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, 2005. http://uk.oneworld.net
Ecotourism Impact on Independently Owned Nature Reserves in Latin America.
Jeff Langholz. Cornell University. Yale F & ES Bulletin.
http://environment.yale.edu/documents/downloads/0-9/99langholz.pdf
Progress and Challenges of Municipal Forest Management in Costa Rica
Lyes Ferroukhi and Alejandra Aguilar Schramm. www.idrc.ca
Paying for Environmental Services: the Costa Rican Experience
Jorge M Rodriguez Zuniga. Director FONAFIFO (National Forestry Finance Fund) www.fao.org/docrep/005/y474408.htm
The Pros and Cons of Ecotourism in Costa Rica
Julie Dasenbrock. www.americanedu/TED/costa-rica-tourism.htm
Websites
CEDARENA Land Trust www.cedarena.org
(Conservation easements)
Costa Rica Economy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica
Costa Rica Facts www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook-costarica
Costa Rica National Parks www.costaricanationalparks.com
Costa Rica Forests http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20costarica.htm
Costa Rica Tourism Board www.visitcosta rica.com/ict
Earth University www.earth.ac.cr
FUNDECOR Forest Protection www.fundecor.org
INBIO Institute www.inbio.org/en
La Nacion Newspaper www.nacion.com
MINAE www.minae.go.cr
Oneworld Development Guide http://uk.oneworld.net
Organization for Tropical Studies www.ots.duke.edu/en
SINAC www.sinaccr.net
Tico Times Newspaper www.ticotimes.net
Tropical Science Center www.cct.or.cr/en
World Trade Organization www.wto.org/english
Costa Rica Report
