This is an edX course, hosted by Oxford University, that is starting today.
It starts off by making it clear, that economic development is primarily an internal issue, in every country. And then describes, in detail, what the cultural obstacles are to this development.
Living in an undeveloped country (Costa Rica) myself - I can see quite clearly, that Ticos are avoiding this issue, by claiming they are a developing country, not an undeveloped one.
I can see, however, they are an undeveloped country - and will probably remain so - or even get worse, since it has many young people looking for jobs, that are scarce, and poorly paid. It knows that English literacy is crucial, and has many schools that include this in their curriculum - but the majority of schools do not have this.
It did have a break, with is Revolution of 1947, that provided a National Health Service - that provides inexpensive health care. It does have plenty of electricity, so much so, it exports electricity to Nicaragua, and Panama.
But it cannot plan anything, and its large cities are an overcrowded eyesore - like large cities anywhere in the undeveloped world.
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