Guest blog by Fernando Ocampo, LEG ’23 “Development is really about the acquisition of social capabilities and what are the stumbling blocks in the process of acquiring those capabilities, and how we can think of ways to overcome these things. What are the points of entry of mental frameworks that we can have in the…Continue Reading Building Costa Rican Capabilities to Generate Employment
Low Rate of Female Employment in STEM in Costa Rica
Guest blog by Lilliana Carranza, LEG’23 One of the main lessons learned in addressing the growth challenges in my country was to eliminate the idea that successful external recipes will lead us to solve local problems. This practice is very widespread in Latin America where the recipes of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank,…Continue Reading Low Rate of Female Employment in STEM in Costa Rica
Flexibility and Learning in Times of Global Uncertainty
Guest blog written by Nahuel Arenas-García Nahuel and his team from Costa Rica successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in May 2017. Between January and May 2017, authorities and technical staff of the Costa Rican National Risk Prevention and Emergency Management Commission (CNE, for its acronym in Spanish) joined staff of…Continue Reading Flexibility and Learning in Times of Global Uncertainty