Politics of Costa Rica approved in 1969 limits presidents and deputies to one term, although a deputy may run again for an Assembly seat after sitting out a term. The prohibition was officially recognized as unconstitutional in April 2004, allowing Óscar Arias to run for President a second time in the 2006 Costa Rican presidential elections, which he won with approximately a 1% margin. The President of Costa Rica has limited powers, particularly in comparison to other Latin American Presidents. For example, he cannot veto the legislative budget, and thus Congress is sovereign over the year's single most important piece of legislation. On the
Costa Rica and the World Bank 1956 when they received 3 million for the Capital Goods Importation Credit Project. Costa Rica currently has an LPI score of 2.79 and the LPI rank of 73 as of 2018. Since then, Costa Rica has been a positive example to the region, with stable economic growth for the past 25 years, growing GDP from 2010 to 2016 and being a leader in environmental policies. With growing inequality and rising fiscal debt, the government has struggled on how to address these issues with regards to the general public and transparent social programs. The World Bank had a presence in Costa