IMF Staff Country Reports

Costa Rica: Fiscal Transparency Assessment

Publication Date:

October 30, 2013

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper discusses pilot fiscal transparency assessment for Costa Rica. The assessment confirmed that Costa Rica has various excellent and sophisticated fiscal transparency practices. Those include: (1) institutional coverage with annual consolidated budgetary information for the entire public sector and monthly information for the Executive Branch; (2) information produced regarding tax expenditures; (3) an independent Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic that audits budget balances by May of the following year; and (4) a medium-term budgetary framework and budgetary projections with forecasts of key macroeconomic variables and the assumptions on which they are based. However, weaknesses do persist in some areas.

Series:

Country Report No. 2013/316

Subject:

Budget execution and treasury management Budget planning and preparation Economic sectors Expenditure Fiscal reporting Public financial management (PFM) Public sector

Notes:

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