Open AccessRelationship of private business density with poverty, higher education and technological connectivity in the provinces and districts of Costa Rica.
Author(s) -
Lizette Brenes Bonilla,
Ligia Bermúdez Mesén,
Carlos Andrés Campos Vargas
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación uned/cuadernos de investigación uned
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1659-4266
pISSN - 1659-441X
DOI - 10.22458/urj.v7i2.1132
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , poverty , geography , economic growth , population , inequality , economic geography , capital (architecture) , development economics , regional science , socioeconomics , economics , sociology , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology
Poverty in Costa Rican has been analyzed from different perspectives for many years, however, the study of current behavior requires innovative approaches. We used detailed official maps to visualize relationships among business density, poverty, higher education and technological connectivity. We found a strong concentration of entrepreneur capacity in the Great Metropolitan Area around the capital, which has more than half of the country’s population in only 4% of the country’s territory. There is no entrepreneurial coordination among provinces and the greatest inequalities occur in the province of Heredia. Areas with less businesses are the poorest in the country and this needs to be addressed by national policies.