This document is the
executive summary of a detailed document entitled, Nicaraguan Migrants
and Poverty in Costa Rica, which was prepared for the World Bank in
2006. The more detailed background paper from which this summary is
derived was commissioned as a background paper in preparation for an
upcoming poverty mission by the World Bank to Costa Rica. This summary
and the larger document from which it comes provides: (1) a general
overview of the socioeconomic and health situation of Nicaraguan
migrants in Costa Rica and (2) a review of the poverty characteristics
of these migrants. The primary data sources for the larger paper were
successive recent rounds of the Annual National Household Survey in
Costa Rica and the 2000 Census. The more detailed report on which this
summary is based also reviews issues of data quality, comparability,
and methodological problems with respect to existing information on
Nicaraguan migrants in Costa Rica. As a summary, the document below,
does not include detailed citations, which are of course included in
the larger report. Readers are thus, referred to the larger report for
citations and more detailed information on the data included in this
summary.
Palabras Clave: Migracion;
Migracion laboral; Politica migratoria
Afiliación del autor:
Catherine M. Marquette
Profesora invitada, Maestría en Población y Salud, Universidad de Costa
Rica, COSTA RICA
