2018/19 Budget Communication 2018_2019 BUDGET COMMUNICATION | Page 20

ensure that the administration and delivery of Government
programmes and services are up to the best international
standards of the 21 st century. Archaic and manual practices
and procedures must be replaced in order to better serve the
population at appreciably lower cost.
As such, beyond
contributing to deficit reduction, that review also seeks to:
Ø enhance value for money;
Ø improve services to make them more effective
and efficient; and
Ø identify
savings
and
reallocations
to
accommodate our core policy priorities.
As an immediate cost saving measure, all Ministries
and Departments were mandated during this fiscal period to
implement a 10 per cent reduction in respect of their
discretionary expenditures.
As a result, the Government
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