64- وبذل البلد في تسعينات القرن الماضي جهداً كبيراً على الصعيد الوطني لإنعاش الاستثمار في التعليم، الذي كان قد شهد انخفاضاً حاداً أثناء الثمانينات.
Even though the Costa Rican Government has been striving since the late 1980s to reduce and eradicate poverty, the fact is that Costa Rica, as a country, has had difficulty attaining higher growth rates that can create more jobs, reduce poverty and increase levels of economic well-being of the Costa Rican population in an equitable way.