A All countries have one. Essentially, each year the government of a country sets out its expected income and expenditure for the following 12 months. It takes into account all sorts of projects each ministry has on the cards, as well as its revenues from all forms of income.
A For one thing, the Budget is a concrete plan of the direction a country is heading in, offering specific plans too on what is about to happen.
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