Tabla de Contenidos: “…Program Management Principles -- 2.1 Stakeholders -- 2.2 Benefits Realization -- 2.3 Synergy -- 2.4 Team of Teams -- 2.5 Change -- 2.6 Leadership -- 2.7 Risk -- 2.8 Governance -- 3. Program Management Performance Domains -- 3.1 Program Management Performance Domain Definitions -- 3.2 Program Management Performance Domain Interactions -- 3.3 Strategic Alignment -- 3.3.1 Program Business Case -- 3.3.2 Program Charter -- 3.3.3 Program Management Plan -- 3.3.4 Environmental Assessments -- 3.3.5 Program Risk Management Strategy -- 3.3.6 Interactions with Program Management Principles and Other Program Management Performance Domains -- 3.4 Benefits Management -- 3.4.1 Benefits Identification -- 3.4.2 Benefits Analysis and Planning -- 3.4.3 Benefits Delivery -- 3.4.4 Benefits Transition -- 3.4.5 Benefits Sustainment -- 3.4.6 Interactions with Program Management Principles and Other Program Management Performance Domains -- 3.5 Stakeholder Engagement -- 3.5.1 Program Stakeholder Identification -- 3.5.2 Program Stakeholder Analysis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Chapter 4: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) -- Technical requirements -- Security Policy and Procedure Generation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- ChatGPT-Assisted Cybersecurity Standards Compliance -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a Risk Assessment Process -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- ChatGPT-Assisted Risk Ranking and Prioritization -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Building Risk Assessment Reports -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Chapter 5: Security Awareness and Training -- Technical requirement -- Developing Security Awareness Training Content -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Assessing Cybersecurity Awareness -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The scope of data governance and data management -- Business model -- Content -- Development methods -- Federation -- Elements of data governance programs -- Process-The DG operating model -- Essential capabilities -- Work flow -- Principles -- Policies -- Metrics -- The people element-Roles and responsibilities -- Data -- Technology and tools -- The critical success factors for data governance -- Summary -- Chapter 5 The data governance business case -- The business case -- Objectives of the business case for data governance -- Components of the business case -- The big picture (vision) -- Program risks -- Business alignment -- Costs of data quality issues -- Costs of missed opportunities -- Data debt -- Obstacles, impacts, and changes -- Presentation of the case -- The process to build the business case…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using Monte Carlo methods for stock price prediction -- Exploring the Amazon stock price trend -- Handling the stock price trend as a time series -- Introducing the Black-Scholes model -- Applying the Monte Carlo simulation -- Studying risk models for portfolio management -- Using variance as a risk measure -- Introducing the Value-at-Risk metric -- Estimating VaR for some NASDAQ assets -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Simulating Physical Phenomena Using Neural Networks -- Technical requirements -- Introducing the basics of neural networks -- Understanding biological neural networks -- Exploring ANNs -- Understanding feedforward neural networks -- Exploring neural network training -- Simulating airfoil self-noise using ANNs -- Importing data using pandas -- Scaling the data using sklearn -- Viewing the data using Matplotlib -- Splitting the data -- Explaining multiple linear regression -- Understanding a multilayer perceptron regressor model -- Approaching deep neural networks -- Getting familiar with convolutional neural networks -- Examining recurrent neural networks -- Analyzing long short-term memory networks -- Exploring GNNs -- Introducing graph theory -- Adjacency matrix -- GNNs -- Simulation modeling using neural network techniques -- Concrete quality prediction model -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Modeling and Simulation for Project Management -- Technical requirements -- Introducing project management -- Understanding what-if analysis -- Managing a tiny forest problem -- Summarizing the Markov decision process -- Exploring the optimization process -- Introducing MDPtoolbox -- Defining the tiny forest management example -- Addressing management problems using MDPtoolbox -- Changing the probability of a fire starting -- Scheduling project time using the Monte Carlo simulation -- Defining the scheduling grid -- Estimating the task's time…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Amplify Alliance Performance With Sourcing -- Alliances Can Make or Break a Company -- Art of Alliance-Starbucks Style -- Nokia's Failure to Embrace Alliances -- Sourcing's Involvement In Alliances -- Making Alliances Successful With Sourcing -- Part 2: Reduce Business Risk Through Efficient Operations -- 4. Debottleneck the Supply Chain and Reduce Risk -- Business Risks from Supply Chain -- Benefits of Debottlenecking Supply Chain -- Supply Chain Challenges at the Department of Defense (DOD) -- Supply Chain Complexity -- Reducing Nonmoving Inventory -- Simplifying Ordering -- Streamlining the Supply Chain -- Simplifying Delivery -- Simplifying Planning -- Simplifying New Product Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- SUPPLY CHAIN REGULATION -- The Cycle of Regulation -- Containerization -- THE SECURITY-EFFICIENCY TRADE-OFF -- THE ECONOMICS OF SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY REGULATION -- ISSUES AND PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD -- Bibliography -- 8 - Mitigating Risk and Measuring Success -- COMPLEXITY AND RISK IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN -- Complexity -- Risk Mitigation -- Engagement -- Intelligence Gathering -- MEASURING SUCCESS -- The Basics -- Some Key Performance Indicators -- The Perfect Order Index and Security -- ISSUES AND PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD -- Bibliography -- 9 - The Future of Supply Chain Security -- NOWHERE TO HIDE -- Criminals and Terrorists Under Surveillance -- Businesses Under Surveillance -- Government Under Scrutiny -- GOALS DESIRED AND GOALS MISSED -- Automated Commercial Environment -- Container Scanning…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…New Opportunities -- Notes -- Part 4 Challenges -- Chapter 9 Understanding Reality -- Seeking New Frontiers -- Post-Truths in the Metaverse -- Assumptions -- A Protocol and an Engine -- Governance and Access -- Notes -- Chapter 10 Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse -- Data Issues -- Your Internet of Things -- Security -- Social and Emotional -- Harassment -- Digital Cloning -- Hacking -- Society -- Children's Safety -- Safety Controls -- Notes -- Chapter 11 New Rights and Regulations -- Crypto Scams -- New Medium and Platform Risks -- Metaverse Dark Web -- Challenges and Risks -- Trust Across Worlds -- Assess -- Inform -- Manage -- Prevent -- New Rules for New Ways -- Notes -- Chapter 12 The New Humanity -- The Impact of Data -- Reality, Digital, Technology -- IoT (Internet of Things) -- Wearables -- Robotics -- Self-Driving Cars -- Exoskeletons -- It's All Connected -- Where's the Line? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…That 50% thing / Following the path of safety-critical systems / The importance of formal specification / Risk and rot in sociotechnical systems / SRE in crisis / Expected risk limitations / Beyond local risk: accounting for Angry Birds / A word from software safety nerds / Incidents: a window into Gaps / The third age of SRE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Agricultural Policy -- Managing Liabilities Arising from Agricultural Biotechnology -- Status of Agricultural Biotechnology: An International Perspective -- Interactions Between Trade Policies and GM Food Regulations -- The Value of Non-Pecuniary Characteristics of Crop Biotechnologies: A New Look at the Evidence -- Bt Corn’s Reduction of Mycotoxins: Regulatory Decisions and Public Opinion -- Consumer Attitudes and Market Resistance to Biotech Products -- Comparison of Consumer Responses to Genetically Modified Foods in Asia, North America, and Europe -- Conceptual Issues in Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology -- The Economics of Biotechnology Regulation -- Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects -- Regulation of Technology in the Context of Risk Generation -- Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops: Differentiated Risk Assessment and Management -- Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: Experiences from Applications to HT Sugar Beets, HT Corn, and Bt Corn -- Anticompetitive Impacts of Laws that Regulate Commercial Use of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States -- Regulation, Trade, and Market Power: Agricultural Chemical Markets and Incentives for Biotechnology -- Regulation and the Structure of Biotechnology Industries -- The Social Welfare Implications of Intellectual Property Protection: Imitation and Going Off Patent -- Case Studies on the Economics of Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology -- International Approval and Labeling Regulations of Genetically Modified Food in Major Trading Countries -- Benefits and Costs of Biosafety Regulation in India and China -- Biosafety Regulation of Genetically Modified Orphan Crops in Developing Countries: A Way Forward -- Bt Resistance Management: The Economics of Refuges -- Managing European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn with Dynamic Refuges -- Farmer Demand for Corn Rootworm Bt Corn: Do Insect Resistance Management Guidelines Really Matter? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mitigating disaster-related contingent liabilities and financing residual risks: Policy lessons -- Cost-sharing mechanisms between central and subnational governments --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ageing-Induced Capital Flows to Emerging Markets Do Not Solve OECD's Basic Pension Problem by Hans Blommestein -- Part IV: The Regulatory and Supervisory Environment and Risk Manazgement -- Chapter 17. Regulation of Pension Fund Assets by E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”