Public Policy and Female Sterilization in Costa Rica

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Gomez Barrantes ◽  
James McCarthy ◽  
Nancy Yinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Female Sterilization

Public policy on aging and elderly: The case of Costa Rica

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Morales-Martinez ◽  
E. Rivera-Meza
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica

Female Sterilization in Costa Rica

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Gomez Barrantes ◽  
James McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Female Sterilization

Public Policy and Urbanization in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 545
Author(s):  
Harold Wood ◽  
Gustavo A. Antonini
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dominican Republic

Innovation models and interdisciplinarity in science, technology and innovation policy in Costa Rica

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Diego Soto Kiewit ◽  
Bianca Vienni Baptista
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Purpose This paper aims to analyse innovation models and interdisciplinarity in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in Costa Rica between 2015 and 2021. The core focus is to evaluate the public policy in light of the groundwork that sustains the designed and proposed actions. Design/methodology/approach The authors applied a qualitative approach to build a set of dimensions and conducted content-analysis of selected documents. The analysis encompasses all current STI public policy documents in Costa Rica, including the planning instruments of the Central Government and the National Policy on STI. Findings The main findings show that STI policy in Costa Rica is based on different innovation models, but the projects and instruments themselves show the predominance of the reductionist model. Innovation receives a residual role. In turn, interdisciplinarity is based on the concept of convergence, which limits disciplinary collaboration to the natural, physical and engineering sciences, minimising contributions from other fields of knowledge to an instrumental role in innovation processes. Practical implications The authors conclude that the interlinkage between open innovation models, the participation of diverse societal actors and the inclusion of an interdisciplinary perspective leads to inclusive and more democratic public policy, allowing more sectors and organisations to benefit from innovation processes. This would imply a greater reach and impact of the policy, conditions that translate into innovation achievements and a better return on public investment. Originality/value This paper contributes to current discussions on STI policy by studying the implications of the link among policies, innovation models and interdisciplinarity.

Assessing the Influence of Actors on e-Government Policies

2015 ◽  
pp. 153-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Cortés-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Political Theories

E-government development, assumed as a public policy problem, has to consider political issues, where actors play a key role for success or failure on such policies. Several political theories admit the importance of actors in their approaches. Although there are efforts to formalize them, the model presented in this chapter looks to integrate a variety of proposals in the context of public policies. The application of the model to e-government cases on Chile and Costa Rica has shown that the characteristics of the process executed in a timeline (with their successes and failures) can be explained from actors' perspective. Issues like promoting new laws, the coordination of multiple agencies or the priority for projects on political context have to be solved with specific actors using their power resources. The explanations found could be considered for characterize future developments on e-government taking on account how critical is the actors' intervention.

Assessing the Influence of Actors on E-Government Policies

2020 ◽  
pp. 418-436
Author(s):  
Roberto Cortés-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Political Theories

E-government development, assumed as a public policy problem, has to consider political issues, where actors play a key role for success or failure on such policies. Several political theories admit the importance of actors in their approaches. Although there are efforts to formalize them, the model presented in this chapter looks to integrate a variety of proposals in the context of public policies. The application of the model to e-government cases on Chile and Costa Rica has shown that the characteristics of the process executed in a timeline (with their successes and failures) can be explained from actors' perspective. Issues like promoting new laws, the coordination of multiple agencies or the priority for projects on political context have to be solved with specific actors using their power resources. The explanations found could be considered for characterize future developments on e-government taking on account how critical is the actors' intervention.

Female Sterilization in Costa Rica, 1940 to 2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Female Sterilization ◽  
Hospital System ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Formal Program ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contraceptive Practice

Sterilization is an increasingly familiar phenomenon to women worldwide, and it is the most prevalent contraceptive practice in the world. Costa Rica, where the use of contraceptives is generalized, is among those countries in the world with the highest prevalence of female sterilization. In Costa Rica, female sterilization is homogeneously distributed, common among women living in rural and urban zones, as well as among those of diverse educational levels. In contrast to what one may expect given the legacy of abusive birth control practices in Latin America, the “problem” of sterilization in Costa Rica has been framed by women and doctors alike not as the “need” for curbing its use but rather as a “struggle” for broadening access as much as possible. Interestingly, current rates of sterilization have been attained in the absence of a formal program offering sterilization for contraceptive purposes and in the context of a very restrictive legal framework for its provision. It was not until July 1999 that sterilization for contraceptive purposes was explicitly regulated and permitted. Before that year, it was only so-called therapeutic sterilization that was legally allowed. Sterilization was supposed to be offered only for health reasons. Notably, successive moves intended precisely to broaden access to this surgery within the state hospital system have been realized through regulation formally restricting its provision. This sometimes counterintuitive history of the provision and regulation of sterilization in Costa Rica is analyzed.

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