Editing United Fruit Company (section)

===Infrastructure In Costa Rica===

In the 20th century, many parts of Latin America were not positively operated and invested in compared to the region of Costa Rica. The United Fruit Company, according to researchers, made positive impacts in the region that continued past the bankruptcy and ceasing of production in 1984.<ref name="insights.som.yale.edu">Diana Van Patten (2022). "Multinationals Can Have a Positive Local Impact—If they Face Enough Competition for Labor" Yale Insights.[https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/multinationals-can-have-positive-local-impact-if-they-face-enough-competition-for-labor]</ref>

Since 1880 with the first initial U.S. investment in 4% of the country's territory, the UFCO grew in Costa Rica to develop around 7% of their labor force. With a growing labor force and plantations expanding, camps for farmers and families emerged. With the emergence of the workforce came the construction of commissaries, schools, electric plants, sewage systems, hospitals, and recreation facilities all funded by the UFCo.<ref name="insights.som.yale.edu"/>

According to Yale Insights, the impact of the infrastructure still persists today in astonishing numbers. In 1973, households living within the boundaries of UFCo were 26% less likely to be poor compared to outside households. A most recent research statistic in 2011, states that only 63% of the poverty gap had closed by 2011. The impact of the UFCo investment in capital among families had statistically paid off as outside work options had around a 1% increase in probability of being poor in 2011 since 1973 compared to the 0.73% lower probability on a UFCo location.<ref name="insights.som.yale.edu"/>