SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2017

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]

Schedule of Real Estate Development Joint Ventures

Real Estate Development Joint Ventures	Countries	Ownership		Basis of Presentation
GolfPark Plaza, S.A.	Panama	50.0	%	Equity(1)
Price Plaza Alajuela PPA, S.A.	Costa Rica	50.0	%	Equity(1)

⁽¹⁾ Joint venture interests are recorded as investment in unconsolidated affiliates on the consolidated balance sheets.

Summary of Restricted Cash

	August 31,		August 31,
	2017		2016
Short-term restricted cash:
Restricted cash for land purchase option agreements	$	300	$	442
Other short-term restricted cash		160		76
Total short-term restricted cash	$	460	$	518
Long-term restricted cash:
Other long-term restricted cash (1)	$	2,818	$	2,676
Total long-term restricted cash	$	2,818	$	2,676
Total restricted cash	$	3,278	$	3,194

⁽¹⁾ Other long-term restricted cash consists mainly of cash deposits held within banking institutions in compliance with federal regulatory requirements in Costa Rica and Panama.

Summary of Value Added Tax Receivables

	August 31,		August 31,
	2017		2016
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	6,650	$	1,635
Other non-current assets		24,904		32,502
Total amount of VAT receivable reported	$	31,554	$	34,137

Summary of Income Tax Receivables

	August 31,		August 31,
	2017		2016
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	6,403	$	6,402
Other non-current assets		10,492		10,376
Total amount of income tax receivable reported	$	16,895	$	16,778

Summary of Carrying Value and Fair Value of Debt

	August 31, 2017				August 31, 2016
	Carrying Value		Fair Value(1)		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Long-term debt, including current portion	$	106,297	$	102,911	$	88,107	$	85,654

⁽¹⁾ The Company has disclosed the fair value of long-term debt, including debt for which it has entered into cross-currency interest rate swaps, using the derivative obligation as of August 31, 2017 to estimate the fair value of long-term debt, which includes the effects that the cross-currency interest rate swaps have had on the fair value of long-term debt.

Summary of Assets and Liabilities Measured and Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table summarizes financial assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of August 31, 2017 and August 31, 2016 (in thousands) for derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting:

	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Assets and Liabilities as of August 31, 2017	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
Other non-current assets – (Cross-currency interest rate swaps)	$	—	$	2,547	$	—	$	2,547
Other long-term liabilities – (Interest rate swaps)		—		(231)		—		(231)
Other long-term liabilities – (Cross-currency interest rate swaps)		—		(451)		—		(451)
Total	$	—	$	1,865	$	—	$	1,865

	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Assets and Liabilities as of August 31, 2016	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
Other non-current assets – (Cross-currency interest rate swaps)	$	—	$	3,224	$	—	$	3,224
Other long-term liabilities – (Interest rate swaps)		—		(448)		—		(448)
Other long-term liabilities – (Cross-currency interest rate swaps)		—		(1,066)		—		(1,066)
Total	$	—	$	1,710	$	—	$	1,710

Schedule of Goodwill

	August 31,		August 31,
	2017		2016		Change
Goodwill	$	35,642	$	35,637	$	5

Summary of Foreign Currency Gains and Losses

	Years Ended August 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Currency gain (loss)	$	1,241	$	(899)	$	(4,388)