Research

In pursuit of a "3D" economy (decentralized, digitized and decarbonized), Costa Rica is encouraging transformations to work towards the year 2050 through its National Decarbonization Plan (NDP) and the National Strategic Plan (NSP). Successful implementing these plans would lead to an increase...

Costa Rica is a leading country in the fight against climate change, the preservation of the environment and the decarbonization of its economy. AFD is supporting the policy to decarbonize Costa Rica’s economy which targets the country’s carbon neutrality by 2050.

An increased recourse to financing from the domestic banking sector has proved to be an important source of resilience for many developing countries in their efforts to face expenditures generated by the Covid-19 crisis. The second issue of MacroDev Semestrial Panorama offers an analysis of the...

A country with great ecological wealth, Costa Rica stands out for its continuous commitment to the conservation of the environment and biodiversity since the 1980s...

Based in San José, AFD's Costa Rica office is attached to the Central America Regional Division.

While no country is spared the effects of climate change, some are more vulnerable than others. Vietnam, Senegal and Costa Rica are among the countries most exposed, and which AFD is supporting in their adaptation strategies.

Costa Rica hosts close to 5% of the world's terrestrial flora and fauna – an immense amount for a small South American country one-tenth the size of France. It's also home to a wealth of biodiversity that is threatened by climate change. Which is why AFD is continuing to support the...

AFD is helping BNCR, Costa Rica’s main public bank, to structure its climate finance activity. This project aims to increase financing for activities to achieve the country’s decarbonization and climate change adaptation targets.