Iraq’s parliament has approved a budget of 198.9 trillion dinars ($153bn) for 2023 that sets out record spending on a growing public wage bill and development projects to improve services and rebuild infrastructure ruined by neglect and war.
Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Baghdad, said on Monday that the approved budget is the largest in the country’s history, covering three years – 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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