Precise regulatory costs can never be fully known, because, unlike taxes, they are unbudgeted and often indirect.

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Critics of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe link hyperinflation to his policies on land distribution and unbudgeted payments to war veterans.

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Dole believes needs to be raised for unbudgeted foreign assistance initiatives.

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Analysts point to President Robert Mugabe's decision to offer huge unbudgeted pay-outs to Zimbabwe's war veterans in 1997 - after they had protested at being "ignored" - as a key factor in the start of that country's economic collapse.

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Profits will be an unbudgeted bonus.

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