The 2014 budget

Centerpiece

The anticipations of the 2014 budget are over.  The Minister of Finance delivered the intention of the government to create a better Guyana for all Guyanese that carries a financial tag of $220 billion.  Very few persons are surprised to see that the government plans to expand expenditure in infrastructural development which has been the centerpiece of its development effort.  Even though the goals that the government plans to pursue are essentially the same as they were last year and for several years now, they will cost five per cent more than they did last year.  But the budget is more than the numbers