Eleven autonomous entities including companies such as Recope and Acueductos y Alcantarillados averaged a 32% increase in their advertising budgets in 2017.
In their budgets for 2017 at least eleven decentralized state enterprises have significantly increased the amount of resources allocated to advertising in 2017.In the case of the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (Recope), Nacion.com reports that"... The increase is 30%." Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA), has budgeted to spend $760,000, higher than the $229,000 that was spent in 2016 in this category.
A year after the declaration of a state of emergency by the government because of the rust blight, 25,000 farmers are still waiting for the bureaucracy to enable the operation of a $40 million trust fund.
The money has already been deposited in an account with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), but the Comptroller General of the Republic must endorse the trust no later than January 17th.