REPERTOIRE OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN CONGRESS TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 IN COSTA RICA

Abstract

This article is the result of a study of the public policy proposals presented in the Costa Rican Congress to cushion or reverse the socioeconomic and health effects caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of all the proposals presented in the first six months of the emergency declaration caused by the virus, in the year 2020, more than half (194 total) try to mitigate one or more of the effects of such an infectious disease. Even in the multiplicity of protection for specific sectors that are sought to be safeguarded (33), there is a marked trend in financial-fiscal regulation and action around productive reactivation. Despite this, a substantial part