españolCosta Rica: Document Legalization SimplifiedWednesday, January 19, 2011 The country joined the 'Apostille Convention', a method of legalizing documents to verify their authenticity in the international arena. The present Convention shall apply to public documents which have been approved in the territory of a Contracting State and submitted in the territory of another Contracting State. Bureaucracy Generates CorruptionWednesday, October 10, 2012 Its a vicious circle where lack of trust leads to unnecessary requirements, the requirements leads to cumbersome procedures, the procedures sets up the trap, the trap to the bribe, and the whole thing starts over again. Hugo Maul in his article on the blog of the National Economic Research Center (CIEN), unveils the hidden evil behind the red tape that stifles Central American economies - and not only in Guatemala, on which his analysis is focused. Spanish investors criticize Costa Rican bureaucracyThursday, October 9, 2008 The sluggishness with which the institutions respond to requests for permits to start businesses or carry out investments is the main criticism of foreign investors. The president and business members of the Santa Cruz Business Chamber from Spain, visited Costa Rica this week to establish contacts and to hold meetings with local business persons. Increase in Charges for Health Records DeferredThursday, December 3, 2020 In Guatemala, the Ministry of Health will delay for six months, the entry into force of the increase in the cost of procedures such as the issuance of licenses and health records, necessary to market food and medicines. On December 1, 2020, by means of Governmental Agreement 179-2020, the new fees for the services of procedures of licenses, registrations and other processes for medicines, laboratories, pharmaceuticals, food products and others came into effect. Bureaucracy has no Limits in Costa RicaMonday, February 20, 2017 The order to start a major road project has been temporarily suspended because of "a change of offices and misplacement of a document" which delayed delivery of a piece of paper required in the contract. The project to expand the road from San Jose to San Ramon, essential for the development of the northern part of the greater metropolitan area, which has been delayed for years after setbacks with successive concessionaire construction companies, has been delayed once again due to the excessive bureaucracy that affects all road infrastructure projects in Costa Rica. Costa Rica Needs More BureaucracyTuesday, January 3, 2017 That is what the Chancellor is saying when proposing the creation of an International Cooperation Agency to execute the tasks that the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry evidently does not carry out itself. EDITORIAL Problems with Certificates of Origin in Regional TradeFriday, August 26, 2016 The Federation of Chambers of Commerce has highlighted problems with certificates of origin under trade agreements in the region with other countries and in particular with the one signed with Mexico. From a statement issued by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America and the Dominican Republic: Panama: Official Processes OnlineMonday, October 3, 2016 It has been announced that from October 19 the "Panama online" program will be launched, allowing application forms to be submitted and requests for public documents to be made electronically. The first online processes to be made available to the public are: Police Records (DIJ), from October 19; Payment of ATTT Tickets were using the National Payment Gateway provided by the Caja de Ahorros, Application for maternity allowance (CSS), and Application for loan balances (IFARHU) which will be available on October 30. Panama: Bureaucracy Delaying Drug RegistrationsWednesday, August 26, 2015 Pharmaceutical companies claim they have limited participation in tenders because of the slowness with which the Ministry of Health grants permits for importing medicines and medical supplies. Although the Ministry of Health has tried to solve the problem by providing temporary special permits so that pharmacies can keep distributing certain medications, industry representatives believe that this should not be the solution to the central problem, which is the slowness with which the Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs reviews requests for renovations and new sanitary import permits.At the moment "...At least 71 products, including medicines and hospital supplies, have expired health permits." Mutation and Death of Democracy?Friday, September 25, 2015 Ineptocracy: A government system where the least capable to govern are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the diminishing number of producers. EDITORIAL Bureaucracy Hampers CompetitivenessThursday, April 26, 2012 Unnecessary administrative burdens, particularly municipal procedures which are cumbersome and capricious, are harming the business climate in El Salvador. The World Bank emphasized that El Salvador has to simplify procedures for obtaining permits to install new businesses and improve transparency of information, be more efficient and achieve, as soon as possible, that all the formalities for opening businesses can be performed electronically, reported Elmundo.com.sv. Marina Construction Projects DeclineMonday, July 26, 2010 In Costa Rica there are just three marinas currently in operation and only six projects are still underway, while in 2007 there were 21 announced. The reasons why 12 projects were cancelled are diverse but include the financial crisis, which dried up sources of credit, the general decline in tourism activity and investment, as well as the tedious and slow procedures for obtaining the permits required. Foreign Direct Investment StatisticsThursday, July 8, 2010 The World Bank unveiled a website with data and statistics to analize which countries have better conditions for FDI. The Investing Across Borders website is a public database offering hundreds of previously unavailable data points on each economy covered by the report. Urgent Need to Reopen the Economy, but Without BureaucracyThursday, August 20, 2020 After five months of implementing measures to mitigate the covid-19 outbreak, the business sector in Panama is calling for the removal of unreasonable, technical and unconstitutional restrictions that are working against the success of economic and social recovery. So far, Panama is the country that has registered the most abrupt fall in its level of economic activity in Central America, with a -41% year-on-year variation in the IMAE in May 2020. Food, Medicine and Price RiseWednesday, December 2, 2020 The business sector in Guatemala is anticipating an increase in the prices of food and medicines, due to the government's decision to raise the cost of procedures such as the issuance of licenses and health registrations, required to market these products. By means of Government Agreement 179-2020, which entered into force on December 1, 2020, new fees were imposed for the services of procedures for licenses, registrations and other processes for medicines, laboratories, pharmaceuticals, food products and others. |
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