Families
§ 15% increase in pensions of the noncontributory schemed of the SSA.
§ Week-end diet for boys and girls in the 37 least developed counties of CR (benefiting 16K families)
§ Increase from 132K to 150K on “Avancemos”-type scholarships for students
§ Temporary 2% interest rates reduction on housing loans of less that 50M colones
§ Automatic decrease on bus rates according to fuel prices
- Workers
§ Introduction of new work modalities:
o WFH (estimate of 100K colones monthly saving per worker under this system)
o Job protection during crisis and
o New kinds of work shifts: modernization of Labor Code to include new modalities like 4-3 schemes or season work.
§ Technical training to workforce with a monthly support of 200K from INA to population in risk of losing job, provided employer pays SSA and does not lay them off.
§ Freeze of interest rates in education loans
§ $1.4B in Public Works (funding coming from 2 loans that need Congress approval, 10% of funds will be available for this Administration).
- Companies
§ Credit loans to SMEs (222.700M colones)
§ 2% interest rate reduction on SME loans
§ During 2009 (extendable to 2010), rapid depreciation of assets
§ Certainty to free trade zone regime: CRG working on a FTZ law reform that will not only allow a means to face the crisis, but also comply with our international commitments before the WTO.
- Financial sector
§ $117,5M injection to State banks
§ $500M IDB loan
I am particularly interested in item 2.1.2 "Job protection during crisis"...hmmmm...
