Costa Rica continues to spend on Education and health

CostaRica has continued its policy to invest in education. Oscar Arias administration has approved a 24.3% increase in the education budget for 2009.

This increase brings the budget for education to $2 billion (more than a quarter of the entire budget of $7.45 billion.

The other big winners in the 2009 budget are Health with an increase of 23.4% and Culture with an increase of 37.5%.

To read more about Costa Rica's 2009 budget click here.