Costa Rica - Public Expenditure Review : Enhancing the Efficiency of Expenditures

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2012-06-14T22:01:53Z
dc.date2012-06-14T22:01:53Z
dc.date2008-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:56:36Z
dc.descriptionCosta Rica, an upper middle-income developing country of 4 million inhabitants, is well known for its socio-economic achievements. Costa Rica's economic growth has averaged 4.7 percent annually over the last 15 years, about 2 percentage points above the rest of Latin America, reflecting its stable macroeconomic and political environment, strong institutions, and a well-educated work force. Costa Rica has followed a successful strategy of outward oriented export-led growth, openness to foreign investment, and gradual trade liberalization that transformed the economy from one highly dependent on agriculture and agro-industry to one that is now led by high-tech computer and electronic industries, services such as transport, communications and banking, non-traditional agriculture, and tourism. The government of Costa Rica realizes that continued economic growth and poverty reduction require an improvement in the quality of infrastructure and social sector services, particularly if Costa Rica is to take full advantage of the greater global market opportunities in the context of Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) and other free trade initiatives. To improve the quality of public services while simultaneously reducing its fiscal vulnerability is challenging, especially since reaching a political consensus on revenue enhancing tax reform has proven difficult. This report is the outcome of the government's request to the World Bank (WB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) to identify possible reforms in policies and institutions to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of public expenditures. Such reforms will support Costa Rica's efforts to ensure sustainable fiscal balances and establish effective and transparent mechanisms to allocate public resources so as to promote broad-based economic growth, improve social indicators, and reduce poverty.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9543594/costa-rica-public-expenditure-review-enhancing-efficiency-expenditures
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8122
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/8122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413298
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectRESOURCES MOBILIZATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectENERGY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONSACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAIRPORTS
dc.subjectBALANCE OF PAYMENTS
dc.subjectBILATERAL DEBT
dc.subjectBORROWING
dc.subjectCAPITAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCENTRAL BANK
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION TAXES
dc.subjectCURRENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEBT SERVICE
dc.subjectDEFICITS
dc.subjectDEVALUATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC BORROWING
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFEASIBILITY STUDIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFISCAL YEAR
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDEXATION
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINTEREST RATES
dc.subjectINTERNAL CASH GENERATION
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLOCAL LAWS
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMUNICIPALITIES
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectPORTS
dc.subjectPOWER PLANTS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROTECTIONISM
dc.subjectPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectPUBLIC UTILITIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectSALES TAXES
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSEWAGE
dc.subjectSHORT TERM DEBT
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSTREAMS
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSUBSIDIARY
dc.subjectSURCHARGES
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAX REFORM
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTREASURY
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectUSER CHARGES
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWATER POLLUTION
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.titleCosta Rica - Public Expenditure Review : Enhancing the Efficiency of Expenditures

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