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Country Profiles
- BBC News Profile - Costa Rica
A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
- CIA World Factbook - Costa Rica
Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
- FAO and Costa Rica
Information on economic and agricultural issues from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It also has a good selection of maps.
- Human Development Report on Costa Rica
Provides quick statistics on human development, economy, labor force, and population from the United Nations Development Programme. Country factsheet is also available.
- Human Rights Watch - Costa Rica
Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
- IAEA - Costa Rica
Country factsheet on
multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- IEA - Costa Rica
Country information, energy-related statistics, graphs and publications from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
- IMF - Costa Rica
Country information, reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund.
- ITC - Costa Rica
Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
- Library of Congress - Costa Rica
Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
- OHCHR - Costa Rica
Country background, treaties, reporting status, calendar of events and publications related to human rights from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR).
- UNESCO Worldwide - Costa Rica
Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
- Costa Rican National Commission for UNESCO (in Spanish only)
National office representing UNESCO in Costa Rica.
- UNESCO Communication & Information - Costa Rica
Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
- UNESCO Education Worldwide - Costa Rica
Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Costa Rica
A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
- UNESCO San Jose (in Spanish only)
Cluster Office to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
- UNESCO World Heritage - Costa Rica
Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
- UNFPA Country Profile - Costa Rica
"The United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA) supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect."
- United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Costa Rica
Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
- United Nations Country @ a Glance - Costa Rica
Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
- United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Costa Rica
Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
- United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Costa Rica
"Statistics database contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world."
- U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics - Costa Rica
U.S.
trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Costa Rica.
- U.S. Commercial Service - Costa Rica
Country profile about doing business abroad by the Commercial Service, the global business solutions unit of the Department of Commerce.
- U.S. Department of Energy - Central America
Regional analysis report from the Energy Information Administration for Central American countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama).
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Articles and Databases
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room.
Enter "Costa Rica" as the search term.
- National Intelligence Council (NIC) Declassified Documents
Database of intelligence reports, National Intelligence Estimates, and other publications produced by the National Intelligence Council or its predecessor organizations, the Office of National Estimates and the Office of Reports and Estimates since 1946.
- CRS Reports - LexisNexis Congressional CU
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "Costa Rica" as the search term.
- Declassified Documents Reference System CU
Search this database to find declassified documents related to Costa Rica.
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Department of Defense Scientific and Technical Reports Collection provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports (TR) Database, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. The site also includes databases that focus on individual topics.
- Digital National Security Archive CU
Database of primary declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. Enter "Costa Rica" as the search term.
- Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
An integrated database containing information on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and weapons.
- Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
"Public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations."
- International Area Studies General CU
Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
- International Area Studies Latin America CU
Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Latin America.
- International Area Studies Statistics CU
Collection of international statistics databases from the University of Colorado.
- LexisNexis Academic Country & Region Reports CU
News, country briefings, and country risk guides. Filter by country or choose "Country & Region Reports" from publication type.
- PAHO/WHO Databases
Regional Core Health Data Initiative Table Generator System from the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization. Provides national health statistics and other data on the health situation in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South American countries.
- UNdata
UNdata provides a single entry point allowing users to search and download numerous statistical resources of the United Nations System.
- WDI Online CU
World Development Indicators (WDI) online
contains statistical data on the global economy from the
World Bank.
- Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
WITS is the National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents. The WITS database coverage is currently from 1/1/2004 to 6/30/2007 and is updated quarterly.
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Diplomatic Relations
Diplomacy, Programs and Aid
- Delegation of the European Commission to Costa Rica and Panama
The Delegations of the External Service serve European Union interests throughout the world.
- Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, DC
Diplomatic representation of Costa Rica in the United States.
- Embassy of the United States in San Jose, Costa Rica
Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Costa Rica.
- EU's Relations with Costa Rica
Overview, country strategy, agreements, and documents on the European Union's relations with Costa Rica.
- G-77 at the United Nations
The Group of 77 is an intergovernmental organization of developing states in the UN. It provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development. There are now 130 member states (including Costa Rica), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
- Inter-American Development Bank and Costa Rica
Strategy, projects,and news about Costa Rica and the IADB.
- Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the Organization of American States
"The OAS brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and the world. The OAS is the region's principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption."
- Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Website of member state missions and their representatives to the United Nations.
- ReliefWeb - Costa Rica
ReliefWeb, administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news, documents, maps, and background information on emergency assistance by country.
- UNHCR - Costa Rica
News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Costa Rica (in Spanish only)
UNDP helps countries work toward human rights, democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environment for sustainable development, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
- United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Costa Rica
Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
- U.S. Department of State - Costa Rica
U.S.-Costa Rican relations, diplomacy, and country background notes.
- World Bank - Costa Rica
World Bank data, projects, and research in Costa Rica.
- World Trade Organization - Costa Rica
Provides key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for member countries.
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Health
- PAHO/WHO
Official site of the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.
- UNAIDS - Costa Rica
Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
- WHO - Costa Rica
Information and statistics on the status of public health in Costa Rica from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Peacekeeping and Military Information
- Costa Rica: Security Assistance
Country-by-country listing provides information on Political-Military-administered security assistance funds from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ICJ "has a twofold role: to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States (Contentious cases ) and to give advisory opinions (Advisory proceedings) on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies."
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Resources in the Catalog
- The Library Catalog, Chinook
There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on Costa Rica available in the
collection.
Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook, the library catalog:
The * replaces up to five characters in a word.
For additional foreign information, arranged by subject, try the Subject Page.
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