At the end of 2020, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador remained at the bottom of the Human Development Index ranking, while Costa Rica and Panama were better evaluated.
The report entitled The Next Frontier, Human Development and the Anthropocene, which was published on December 15, 2020 at the global level, updates the Human Development Index (HDI) that is calculated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The United Nations Development Programme in Costa Rica is putting out to tender the conceptualization and design of a communications plan for the project Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities.
Purchase by UNDP - Costa Rica No. 32259:
"UNDP Costa Rica wishes hire a specialist communications company to develop a strategy / communications plan for the projectGlobal Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities,Costa Rica Chapter.
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works will put the works out to tender at the end of the first quarter of 2014.
From a Press Release by the Presidential House of Costa Rica:
"By signing an addendum to the voluntary agreement between the Association Council for Real Estate Development (CODI) and the National Council for Roads (Conavi) there will be an extension to 5 -lanes of the ring road Santa Ana- Belen two kilometers long, and 4 bridges located on this highway in which an investment of $34 million is estimated to be carried out. The first phase of work will involve the relocation of utilities and will start next January in order to have the necessary space to allow extending the lanes.
The fair "Knowing the South: regional exchange of solutions," which aims to present solutions of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) on issues of social and sustainable development will take place from 8th to 10th May in Panama.
From a press release from the United Nations Program for Development:
In recent years the region has advanced in a process of political, economic, social and cultural development.
The region spends over $6.5 billion each year to fight insecurity and violence.
Central America is the world's most violent region, with an average murder rate of 33 homicides per 100.000 inhabitants, stated a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"Central America has become the world's most violent region. With the exception of areas of intense political violence, such as the South African region, the Central American countries together have the highest murder rate in the world, found the study, which does not include Irak, due to its state of war.