Costa Rica
Higher Education
 Description                                                       Development Challenge
 Purpose: To improve access and quality, to increase               The government is facing fiscal challenges in the
 investments in innovation and scientific and                      implementation of an ambitious public investment program.
 technological development, as well as to upgrade                  The uncontrolled proliferation of private universities has raised
 institutional management, in public higher education.
                                                                   concerns about the qualifications of graduates. Gross
 Expected Results (include): 15% increase in
                                                                   enrolment rates are low and there is a large gap between the
 graduate careers; 10% increase in post-graduate
 careers; 16% increase in number of students                       lowest and highest income quartiles.
 graduating. Almost 100,000 young Costa Ricans will
 benefit from innovative and better university
 education.
 IBRD Financing: $200 million                                      Project Description
                                                                   The project supports construction of new buildings and
                                                                   construction or expansion of laboratories, residence halls and
                                                                   libraries, laboratory research center equipment, postgraduate
                                                                   training and education for academic staff and other office.




                                   © Dominic Chavez/World Bank



For more information:
http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P123146/costa-rica-higher-education?lang=en
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