Políticas Científicas actuales en Costa Rica: análisis y potenciales líneas en materia I+D+i

Abstract

Research and development policies are analyzed and assessed in Costa Rica, carrying out a case study based on objective data such as scientific productivity and I+D+i investment, carried out both in the public sphere and in the Private. Using official data of platforms and tools for the analysis of science in the country, it is complemented by the detailed study of the current policies that are developed in the country, analyzing for it the National System of science and innovation of the Government of Costa Rica in a general way and especially the work carried out by the CONICIT. In one last place, and as a reflection exercise, these policies and public investments are analyzed, offering potential lines of work and improvement detected in the scientific policies of the Central American country.