Sustainable public procurement as a tool to foster sustainable development in Costa Rica: challenges and recommendations for policy implementation
Stamm, Andreas / Luise Dietrich / Heike Harling / Laura Häußler / Florian Münch / Jana Preiß / Jan Siebert (2019)
Studies 100
Costa Rica was the first country in Latin America to approve, in 2015, a National Policy for Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP). Challenges for a swift implementation are manifold. A research team of DIE studied, in 2018, the efforts to make SPP a reality in Costa Rica.