Costa Rica Ranks 7th Most Politically Stable Country Out of 165 Worldwide!

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In a March 2009 special report titled "Manning the Barricades", The Economist issued a detailed forecast outlining the current world economic crisis and its possible effects on political stability.

Within the report individual countries where ranked for vulnerability of political instability.

According to the report Costa Rica is rated one of the world's most stable countries. Out of 165 countries included in the listing only 6 countries ranked higher.

In the Americas (North America, Central America, The Caribbean and South America); only Costa Rica and Canada made the top 20 - the U.S.A. ranked 55 overall.

Costa Rica is still a developing nation but with more teachers than policemen, ranked 5th in the world in terms of environmental performance, plans to be carbon neutral as a nation by 2021, no army, and a stable democracy it represents an incredible investment opportunity.

Costa Rica also boasts a stable national banking system that didn't get involved in the high-risk lending practices experienced in other countries.

Of course the Costa Rican economy has not been unaffected by global economic conditions but Costa Rica's stability continues to attract foreign investment, and has kept domestic and foreign driven construction projects online even as funding sources have become more conservative.

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