VOL. XLII

No. 36

6-September-1999

PALESTINE

Palestinian Legislative Council Approves 1999 BudgetConditionally

Four months after its initial submission, the PalestinianLegislative Council (PLC) has finally approved the Palestinian budget for 1999,having secured a negligible 1.6% reduction in expenditures over the originalversion first presented by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in April, itselfalready six months overdue. The revised budget reveals total projectedexpenditure of $1.73bn (compared to...