01602cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001962 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451809633 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Costa Rica : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (67 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper examines recent economic developments and economic growth in Costa Rica. The paper highlights that real GDP growth of Costa Rica slowed to 1.7 percent, from more than 8 percent a year in 1998-99, reflecting in part deterioration in the terms of trade, the end of the construction phase of a large foreign direct investment project by Intel, and the effect of high real interest rates on domestic demand. The paper also provides a brief overview of some methodological difficulties usually encountered in calculating a country's real effective exchange rate. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/089 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/089/002.2002.issue-089-en.xml IMF e-Library