OECD Investment Policy Reviews.

Foreword
 Table of contents
 Acronyms and abbreviations
 Executive summary
 Assessment and recommendations
 Chapter 1. The role of FDI in Costa Rica\'s economic development
 Introduction
 Overview of the Costa Rican economy
 Table 1.1. Percentage of real GDP per sector
 Figure 1.1. Structure of industrial exports by intensity in the use of factors of production
 The role of FDI in Costa Rica\'s development
 Recent FDI trends
 Figure 1.2. FDI inflows to Costa Rica, 19902012
 Figure 1.3. FDI inflows as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica and LAC for selected years. Box 1.1. FDI and privatisations in Costa RicaFDI by country of origin
 Figure 1.4. Cumulative FDI inflows (200012) by country of origin
 FDI in Costa Rica by sector
 Figure 1.5. Cumulative FDI inflows (200012) by sector
 Box 1.2. Measuring Foreign Direct Investment
 The way forward
 Box 1.3. GVCs and investment policy: key OECD messages
 Notes
 References
 Chapter 2. Costa Rica\'s investment regime and the OECD National Treatment instrument
 Box 2.1. The Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises
 Main features of Costa Rica\'s investment regime. Overview of investmentrelated legislationTransparency, accountability and predictability of Costa Rica\'s investment regime
 Principle of nondiscrimination
 Exceptions to the National Treatment instrument notified by Costa Rica
 Access to land
 Electricity (generation)
 Mining and exploration of ores, other than hydrocarbons
 Land transportation
 Water transportation
 Air transportation
 Agricultural aviation
 Other measures reported by Costa Rica not covered by the OECD National Treatment instrument
 Access to local finance
 Government procurement. Measures notified under the National Treatment instrument by Costa Rica for transparencyInvestment by established foreigncontrolled enterprises
 Corporate organisation and key personnel
 Sectors subject to public/private/mixed monopolies or concessions
 Rationale for the existing restrictions and plans for phasing them out
 Costa Rica\'s position under the instrument of the OECD Declaration on Investment Incentives and Disincentives
 Costa Rica\'s position under the instrument of the OECD Declaration on Conflicting Requirements
 FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index for Costa Rica. Box 2.2. Calculating the FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexFigure 2.1. OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, as of December 2012
 Figure 2.2. OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index by sectors, 2012
 Notes
 Chapter 3. Costa Rica\'s policy framework for investment
 Box 3.1. The OECD Policy Framework for Investment
 Investment policy
 International assessment of Costa Rica\'s business environment
 Figure 3.1. Ease of doing business: regional comparison
 Figure 3.2. Costa Rica\'s ranking in Doing Business 2013
 Property rights and access to land
 Intellectual Property Rights.