Costa Rica has been very successful in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) over the past decade. Among the factors responsible for this success are a well-educated labour force, political stability resulting form the longest tradition of continuous democratic rule in Latin America and a positive record of transparency and government probity. This report details Costa Rica’s success in attracting FDI, describes the positive impact that those FDI inflows have had in the process of the economic development of the country and provides a look at the leading business climate issues ...