Cormann said the government had lost only $35m due to the short delay in implementation and was still budgeting $2.2bn in extra revenue from the move.
The Conservatives want to make £12bn of welfare cuts in the next parliament, while the Liberal Democrats are budgeting for £4bn.
Other donors also contribute annually, with the US State Department's aid arm budgeting $30m for Tajikistan this year.
Lucy is careful about budgeting.
I have earmarked resources in the 2007-08 budgetoto undertake an extensive review of human resources, budgeting, financial and ethics policies to ensure continued best practices.
Production has slipped from 3.4m barrels a day to 2.5m, and safety is wobbly: in September 30 people died in a gas explosion in Reynosa, near the Texan border.Ten years ago a change in budgeting rules allowed more investment in exploration, and reserves have risen.
When it comes to budgeting, though, the rest of the world should follow almost any other example.
And well-intentioned budget rules can have another perverse outcome: they tempt politicians to fudge the numbers.Taking the long viewRules or no, politicians tend to act for the next election when it comes to budgeting.
Paul Krugman has repeatedly pointed out that Spain was behaving as one might hope before the crash, budgeting responsibly and cutting its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Mohsin Khan, the director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department, reckons that most governments in the region are budgeting on an oil price of only $30-40 30-40rel for next year.
From Porto Alegre's participatory budgeting and the literally destratifying cable cars of Caracas, to Nairobi's "digital matatus" and the repurposed bus-ferries of Manila, the communities of the south are responsible for an ever-lengthening parade of social and technical innovations that rival anything the developed world has to offer for ingenuity and practical utility.
