•  First, given the significant commitment to financial education by the government and a host of stakeholders, it is important to determine the impact and effectiveness of such programs so as to understand what works and what does not.
The Draft Budgetary Law simplifies the framework of the rules to which local authorities are subject by bringing the method of computing the outturn for harmonised accounting closer into line with the method used for the outturn considered for compliance with the balanced budget principle, thereby freeing up funds to allocate for investment.