Costa Rica among the most efficient management of electricity.

Policies that promote the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad place the country among the best in the rational use of this resource.

 

The rational use of electricity has become a struggle in Latin America, and the study revealed Intelligent Networks in Latin America of The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). Where it is evident that much of the electricity is lost due to bad connections.

In this analysis three countries are placed in the first three places, with regard to demonstrating the efficiency in managing the electrical aspect. These countries are Chile, Paraguay and Costa Rica.

Boasting the third, Costa Rica is characterized by an institution like the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) which covers the vast majority of the territory. The remaining percentage is worked by private companies with whom they share the distribution and sale.

Companies CNFL, ESPH, JASEC, Coopelesca, among others, rural and municipal corporations, provide care efficiently and electricity production, selling to the ICE. This contributes to the country only has a 7% loss.

In every real estate project in which Costa Developers participates, is working on a strategy that provides savings and good management of electricity distribution, creating green buildings.

This study also determined the country with the most waste is Ecuador, with 44.8%, meaning that almost half of its electricity production is not used properly.

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Buying A House On A Costa Rica Beach | Costa Developers

Imagine waking up and looking out your bedroom window to see the calm blue waters from your beachfront home in the Central Pacific coast of tropical Costa Rica. Isn’t it a dream to contemplate?

Because we know that you’re tempted to run off right this minute to buy your piece of beachfront property, we want to let you in on some important legal matters that you have to be aware of before you buy.

Beachfront property in Costa Rica is regulated by the Maritime Terrestial Zone Law, if you’re planning to buy a piece of land near the beach you’re going to have to know what constraints and rules you have to follow under this law.

The Maritime Terrestial Zone is the 200 meters inland zone measured from the coastline.

The zone is divided into the public and restricted zones. By law, all beaches are public;the first fifty meters measured from the median high-tide line (public zone) is off-limits to private ownership. For the remaining 150 meters (restricted zone) you can “lease” a piece a property under what’s known as a concession.

These concessions are given for a period between 5 to 20 years, and this time period is generally renewable if approved by the ICT (Costarican Institute of Tourism) and the local municipality.

If you’re not a costarican citizen, you’re not eligible for a concession unless you’ve lived in the country for a minimum of 5 years. You can in theory still qualify for a concession if you lease the property using a costarican corporation, however make sure that 50% of the company’s shares is owned by costarican citizens.

The process can be tedious, you should expect it to take six months for everything to go through. Our best suggestion is to work with a local lawyer and a reputable property developer. We here at Costa Developers can help you with any questions that you might have on buying beachfront property in Costa Rica.

We’re pretty sure that you’re eager to own your little piece of paradise on the sand, Costa Rica is the perfect place to find your dream home on the beach. Once you’re granted a concession, the land is yours for its duration; we know that you won’t regret your decision.

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Costa Rica creció en inversión extranjera en el primer trimestre de 2012.

Costa Rica obtuvo 504,2 millones de dólares en inversión extranjera directa durante el primer trimestre de 2012, representando un incremento del 7,7%.

En una declaración la Ministra de comercio exterior, Anabel González, comento: “Este trimestre reveló un patrón similar al del año anterior, con la participación de la inversión extranjera en telecomunicaciones,” dijo.

Según datos oficiales, el sector más activo durante el primer trimestre del 2012 fue el de telecomunicaciones, con inversiones por $ 155 millones, siendo un 31% del total, seguido por la manufactura con $105 millones y turismo con $60,50 millones, entre otros. Esto en comparación con el acumulado $ 468 millones en el mismo período de 2011.

La mayor cantidad de inversión extranjera llegó desde Estados Unidos con $277 millones; en segundo lugar México con $93 millones y España tercera con 91 millones.

Los empresarios han estado interesados en invertir o seguir invirtiendo en Costa Rica que espera que sus desarrollos, entre los que se encuentra los de propiedades, como los de Costa Developers, se van consolidando en el corto y mediano plazo.

Costa Rica propuso como una meta alcanzar 2 billones de dólares de Inversion Extranjera Directa durante el año 2012. Una vez ha superado con éxito los objetivos del 2010 y 2011, cuando atrajo 1.465 millones y 1.850 millones de dólares, respectivamente. El Gobierno de la Presidente de Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, tiene como objetivo atraer $9 billones durante su mandato.

Para muchas empresas globales profundamente impactadas en el 2009 por la crisis financiera, Costa Rica se convirtió en una opción atractiva para mover elementos de unidades de negocio y las operaciones para fines de reducción de costos,  siendo el país una fuente de trabajadores calificados y con una población altamente educada. Empresas como Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Western Union, Intel, GE y entre otras, continúan realizando inversiones considerables.

El Banco Mundial ha inclinado su sombrero a la estabilidad política en Costa Rica como uno de los mejores en América Latina. Con un banco central conservador y un mercado inmobiliario que salió de la crisis de mobiliaria en Estados Unidos, prácticamente ilesa, hay varios puntos positivos cuando se trata de sopesar a Costa Rica contra otros mercados emergentes.