Has Chorotega region been forgotten by national state? Policies for social and productive development in Chorotega region of Costa Rica, 1950-2014

Abstract

The longitudinally analysis about official data and governmental plans and actions for Chorotega region's development, including what governments promised and materialized, has demonstrated the successful region's integration process to national economic and social model in the study period. Thus, this territory had received important public investment in social services and productive infrastructure that built main projects in tourism and agriculture areas, but is had been not enough to resolve traditional social problems like unemployment and poverty.