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2018/19. Examples of some of the more significant
such adjustments include having to increase
provisions to meet core IT service contract
obligations, pensions for public officials, and even
the lunch school program all of which were
seemingly under-budgeted knowing full well that the
allocations would be insufficient.
Ø Third, some $48 million in financing for the selected
new initiatives, in respect of both Recurrent and
Capital Expenditure, that the Government is
implementing in the next fiscal year to advance its
socio-economic policy agenda, such as:
Ø $13.5 million for the Digital Government initiatives
in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of
Education;
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