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Revista Estudios del Desarrollo Social: Cuba y América Latina
On-line version ISSN 2308-0132
Abstract
RUEDA-ARAYA, Daniel; RUBI-ZELEDON, Julián and GUTIERREZ-HERNANDEZ, Ana Yudel. Characteristics of People who Carry out Community Activities for Local Development in Costa Rica, in the Period 2010-2016. Estudios del Desarrollo Social [online]. 2019, vol.7, n.2 Epub July 25, 2019. ISSN 2308-0132.
The article addresses collective associativity, collective participation and the concept of territory as social constructions for local development. Based on the National Household Survey, the National Institute of Statistics and Census describes the general characteristics of people who belong to community associations in Costa Rica and also discusses the state of community participation in the country.
Keywords : participatory development; human development; population; demography; local administration; soil resources.