Public Forces of Costa Rica education and culture. Costa Rica maintains Police Guard forces. The museum "Museo Nacional de Costa Rica" was placed in the "Cuartel Bellavista" as a symbol of commitment to culture. In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the "Día de la Abolición del Ejército" (Military abolition day) with Law #8115. Unlike its neighbors, Costa Rica has not endured a civil war since 1948. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement, but has no permanent standing army. In 1996, the Ministry of Public Security established the "Fuerza Pública" or Public Force, a gendarmarie which reorganized and eliminated
Costa Rica and the World Bank a slow down in economic expansion, little job opportunities and lack of resources, especially in rural areas. Despite these challenges Costa Rica has been working with the World Bank to further move Costa Rica up the global ranks. Costa Rica has remained a strong and stable country within its region. Costa Rica has become one of the more wealthy countries in the region overall, being an upper middle income country with GDP per capita being US $13,876. Costa Rica differentiates from its neighbors by being relatively stable politically, providing high standards of living and affective social benefit systems. The countries