Costa Rica Expects 30%
Less In Investments
A Costa Rican official
says direct foreign
investment in the
Central American country
is expected to fall by
30 percent in 2009
because of the global
economic crisis.
The director of the
Coalicion Costarricense
de Iniciatives de
Desarollo (CINDE) -
Costa Rican Investment
Board - Gabriela
Llobet,says job growth
will remain stable with
5,500 new posts expected
this year.
Llobet said Monday that
30 foreign companies
established operations
in Costa Rica in 2008,
and together with other
foreign countries
already there generated
investments of us$428
million.
She says fewer companies
are expected to come to
Costa Rica in 2009. |
