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Ethiopia’s Annual Budget Surpasses $18 Billion

Ethiopia’s Annual Budget Surpasses $18 Billion

The federal government has prepared an additional budget of 550 billion birr. Two months ago, the federal government approved an annual budget of 970 billion birr and has now announced an additional budget of half a trillion birr. State Minister of Finance, Dr. Eyob Tekalign, stated that the federal government will present an additional budget of 551 billion birr to the House of Representatives. Out of this, 240 billion birr is allocated for social support, food security, employee salary increases, medicine subsidies, fuel subsidies, and other basic commodities. In total, Ethiopia’s federal government’s 2024/25 annual budget exceeds 1.5 trillion birr,…
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Ethiopia Allocates 1 Trillion Birr for the Next Fiscal Year

Ethiopia Allocates 1 Trillion Birr for the Next Fiscal Year

Ethiopian federal government has allocated a budget of 1 trillion birr for the fiscal year 2024/25.The Council of Ministers prepared the draft budget during its 34th regular meeting. The council announced that the 2024/25 federal budget is designed to implement the goals set in the 2023-2025 development and investment plan and the 2024-2029 medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal framework. This framework is part of the ten-year leadership development plan. The budget preparation also considered the performance of the 2023/24 federal government program budget. The Prime Minister's Office stated that the budget was formulated by evaluating the government's financial capacity, expected revenues,…
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