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Constructive connections in Costa Rica

How the WEConnect International program helped Madelaine Artavia Sotela grow her construction company
  • Oct 18, 2017
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Costa Rica’s construction industry has traditionally been dominated by men, but with the help of the WEConnect International program, Madelaine Artavia Sotela has blazed a trail that’s helping change the culture of the business. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.

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