Costa Rica
Legislative Assembly
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Presidential system
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Unicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Budget
Data on parliament’s budget role and activities
- Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
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Other
Notes:
The Legislative Assembly can modify the budget but the effectiveness of any increase in expenditures originally budgeted by the Executive must be justified by the Office of the Comptroller General if revenue to cover them is not specified.
Constitution, art. 179
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Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
For example, a Parliamentary Budget Office.
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Yes
Notes: Budgetary Analysis Department
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Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
For example, a Parliamentary Budget Office.
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5
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Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
Refers to the draft State budget.
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Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
Refers to the draft State budget.
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- National currency
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Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
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PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
See: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PPP
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323.000(2023)
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State budget, per year
Figures include the total budget initially passed and authorized by parliament or total expenditures for the given year.
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12,352,972,802,491 CRC(2023)
- State budget, per year in PPP
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35,939,057,380(2023)