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    The Cooperative Sector’s Significance and Contribution to Human Development

    an Empirical Analysis of Costa Rica

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.16925/co.v21i103.667
    Vol. 21 No. 103 (2013)
    Published: 07/06/2026
    Federico Li-Bonilla
    José F. Sandoval
    According to the United Nations, the cooperative model is a vitally important pilar of development in
    many communities, countries and regions around the world. Although it is common to infer that there
    is a direct relationship between cooperativism and socioeconomic development in the regions, there
    are very few studies that look at this from an economic point of view. This article therefore presents the
    main findings that emerged from the use of economic theory and econometric techniques to measure
    the relationship. The empirical analysis is conducted based on a cross-section of data for the country’s 81
    cantons, and seeks to open a new line of research that will allow the cooperative sector’s contribution to
    Costa Rican development to be measured, and build new thinking about the development of this sector
    in Costa Rica.
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    Li-Bonilla, F., & Sandoval, J. F. (2014). The Cooperative Sector’s Significance and Contribution to Human Development: an Empirical Analysis of Costa Rica. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, 21(103), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.16925/co.v21i103.667

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