The Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto J. Gallardo, has expressed his gratitude for DPAD’s capacity development activities that have benefited colleagues at the Ministry and other government agencies.

Mr. Gallardo considers that “the importance of these exercises demands from us continued work with them with a view of building more capacities and generating a multiplier effect that benefits other colleagues of the Ministry, as well as continuing improving the analytical work on issues of national interest and contributing key information for decision making”.

The Minister has also expressed his satisfaction with the policy recommendations he is receiving on issues of taxation, investments in infrastructure and government transfers. The recommendations are prepared by government staff using policy simulation analyses that have been developed as part of the project “Strengthening Macroeconomic and Social Policy Coherence through Integrated Macro-Micro Modelling”. 

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