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

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

Costa 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...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES RESOURCES MOBILIZATION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TRANSPORT ENERGY WATER SUPPLY EDUCATION HEALTH TELECOMMUNICATIONSACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE AIRPORTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BILATERAL DEBT BORROWING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION TAXES CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEBT DEBT SERVICE DEFICITS DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC BORROWING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FEASIBILITY STUDIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL YEAR GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES HEALTH SERVICES INCOME INDEXATION INFLATION INTEREST RATES INTERNAL CASH GENERATION LEGISLATION LOCAL LAWS MARGINAL COST MARKET PRICES MUNICIPALITIES POLLUTION CONTROL PORTS POWER PLANTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS ROADS SALES TAXES SAVINGS SEWAGE SHORT TERM DEBT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES STREAMS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIARY SURCHARGES TAX TAX REFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TREASURY URBAN AREAS USER CHARGES VALUATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WATER POLLUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9543594/costa-rica-public-expenditure-review-enhancing-efficiency-expenditures http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8122

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9543594/costa-rica-public-expenditure-review-enhancing-efficiency-expenditures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8122