. Higher GDP growth and reduced inflation; . A recovery in tax revenue from 24.4 per cent of GDP in the 2009/10 financial year to 26.4 per cent of GDP by the 2013/14 financial year; . A moderation in the real growth of non-interest expenditure and a reduction in the proportion of expenditure to GDP over the MTEF; and . A rise in government debt-service costs from 7.5 per cent of expenditure in the 2010/11 financial year to 9.6 per cent by the 2013/14 financial year.