Alajuela: Which Are the Best and Worst Cantons to Live in the Province?

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Alajuela brings together some of the territories with the best educational and labor performance in Costa Rica, but also concentrates several of the most backward cantons in the country.The Cantonal Competitiveness Index (ICC), developed by the School of Economics of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), portrays a deeply unequal province, where innovation and urban infrastructure contrast with the historical deficiencies of the northern border.Th…