A study by the ADEN Business School located in Costa Rica as a leader in health systems.
The fourth country with more competitiveness in Latin America by 2012 is Costa Rica and is part of a bloc of countries rated as "very good competitive level, with advances and developments in particular in infrastructure, technology and macroeconomic stability." This was stated by a study of ADEN Business School which included 18 countries in the region.
This work analyzed ten variables: coverage of basic needs, institutional, macroeconomic stability, health, education, expectations of the population, market competition, efficiency in industrial relations and access to technology.
The ranking was led by Chile, with a grade of 81.4 out of 100 followed by Panama, and Mexico with 76 to 72. Costa Rica is ranked as the fourth country with 71.8 points out of 100.
The assessment provided details as to Chile was a leader in provision of basic needs, institutional and macroeconomic stability. For its part, Costa Rica leads the ranking in health and was second in education, which was surpassed only by a tenth percentage from Argentina. In the ranking of the 2011 Costa Rica was in the fifth.
The study also included the country in a "group of countries" which also includes Mexico, Uruguay and Brazil, which occupied the seats on the third and sixth on the list. These four countries, according to the analysis, have similar characteristics and competitiveness is separated by a few percentage points.
Costa Rica and Uruguay went up a position in the ranking, displacing to Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America. The report concludes by noting that in general the whole Latin American region rose. However, he found a weak Central America in competitiveness, Costa Rica and Panama are very strong in opposition.
