This report is part of a series of country projects within the OECD programme of work on Gender Equality in Latin America: Towards a better sharing of paid and unpaid work. The report has been produced with the support of the European Union (EU), as part of the Regional Facility for Development in Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The OECD team is grateful to the National Institute of Women of Costa Rica, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Ministry of Foreign Trade, especially the OECD Affairs Unit. We would also like to thank the Permanent Delegation of Costa Rica for the continuous support to facilitate the liaison between the Costa Rican administration in San Jose and the OECD team.
The OECD Gender Equality in Latin America project is a horizontal effort involving the OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. José Antonio Ardavín, Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Division and Marta Encinas-Martin, Senior Advisor, OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and Alessandro Goglio, Head of Partner Countries, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, provided co‑ordination and support.
The report was prepared by a team composed by Alessandro Goglio (project leader), OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Sofia Blamey Andrusco and Angela Ciceri, OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and Melissa Zumaeta, Senior Consultant on Social Protection and Labour Market Policies. Magdalena Burtscher, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, finalised the report and coordinated the publication process. Stefano Scarpetta, Director of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, Angelica Salvi del Pero, Senior Advisor, and Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor and leader of the OECD Horizontal Project on Gender Equality (all Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs), as well as Andreas Schaal, Director of OECD Global Relations, provided strategic oversight for the project. Monika Queisser and Willem Adema (Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs), Pierre De Boisséson and Carolin Beck (OECD Development Centre), members of the OECD Working Party on Social Policy, and partners from the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Trade and National Institute for Women provided helpful comments to the draft report.
Pauline Fron and Lucy Hulett (OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs) provided invaluable support for statistical work, mission organisation, report layout and design, publication planning, proofreading and editorial support.