Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |

BBC News:  Why Costa Rica scores well on the happiness index

Whatever the outcome of the presidential elections on Sunday, one thing seems certain. The country will continue to break the mould...

Successive governments have poured money into books, not bullets. Not even the recent threat of the Mexican drugs war spilling over has led to calls for the army's return.

It was also the first developing country to state its aim of being carbon neutral (by 2021), in part through the mass planting of trees.

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