International Centre of Economic Policy for Sustainable Development (CINPE) - [Costa Rica]
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Contact Information
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Carlos Murillo
Research Director
Phone: +(506) 262-2071, 262-2082
Fax: +(506) 262-8733
E-mail: hcorrale@una.ac.cr
Cantón Central, Provincia Heredia, Costa Rica
PO Box 555-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
Overview
The CINPE was set up by the University Board on March 2, 1995, with the Netherlands' support, on the basis on the experience gained from the Master's Degree Program in Economic Policy for Central America and the Caribbean, which had been created nine years earlier.
The CINPE, a transdisciplinary institute of research specializing in economic policy, also deals with teaching, professional development and provision of services. Driven by the aim to promote sustainable development, the institute's guiding principles are the right to a better living standard, the sustainable use of natural resources, peace, democracy, the respect for ethnic and cultural diversity, and the rights of future generations. Such guiding principles underlie the analysis, evaluation and design of economic policies, at macro and at sector levels, including the impact and the valuation of natural resources and environmental services.
The multi-dimensional character of regional needs demands a balanced response that integrates social, environmental, economic and institutional aspects. This will be the only way to achieve sustainable development translated into ecologically- and socially-oriented patterns of production, consumption and regulation, and into an ethical and human commitment that takes into account the context of interdependence in which we live.
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