In Costa Rica, the brand-new Alvarado administration faces the challenge of solving complex problems such as the growing fiscal deficit, deteriorated infrastructure and high production costs which are affecting the competitiveness of companies.
The Costa Rican - North American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) shared criteria of "... the ten issues which they believe should be given priority during the first 100 days of government."
Using IDB financing, a water and sanitation system, public lighting and road improvement will be built in the municipalities of the Central District and San Pedro Sula.
Part of the resources will also be devoted to improving the system of training, professionalization and integrity of the police force, as well as strengthening of technical-scientific capacity in criminal investigations.
This year the Ministry of Education plans to allocate $92.5 million for the construction, renovation and maintenance of schools in different areas of the country.
Authorities at the Ministry of Education (Meduca) explained that out of the $92.5 million, almost $76 million will go towards building and renovating schools nationwide, and another $17 million will be allocated to maintenance work.
The IDB plans to disburse up to $150 million this year to finance road construction and electrification works in areas of the Nicaraguan Caribbean.
Representatives of the entity in Nicaragua explained that the goal is to approve up to $280 million in loans for development works in the country this year.
In the first projects that are planned to be developed as part of the plan, around $116 million will be invested in construction works, vehicle purchases and other things.
The BCIE will be financing restoration works on the National Theater, which include renovating the electricity system and modernizing the facilities in general.
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) announced that "... financing will allow the development of a program consisting of investments for an active and passive fire protection system, renovation of the electricity system for greater security and modernization of the stage enclosure, mechanization of the stage, sound aspects, lighting aspects and installation of an acoustic shell, in addition to giving independence to the administrative offices and warehouses, excluding them from the main building of the Theater."
An electrical transmission line in Panama, the expansion of an aqueduct in Costa Rica and a medical center in Guatemala are some of the projects planned for the coming months in the region.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are planned to be built in the region.
The controversy generated by the UNOPS's decision to prevent access to files on the road works for which it is responsible has led the government to refrain from granting new projects in the future.
Possibly as a result of the refusal of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to make public the project files and the subsequent cancellation of contracts by the Comptroller General, the Ministry of Public Works has decided not to continue with the assistance of the international organization in future projects.
The 2018 budget approved by the Legislative Assembly includes allocations for the purchase of medicines and equipment and the improvement and expansion of police posts and jails.
From a statement issued by the Legislature:
January 5, 2018.After extensive analysis and reaching the respective consensus, the Legislative Assembly approved, during the Plenary Session on Friday, with 71 votes, the General State Budget andits respective Wages Act for the current fiscal year, which amounts to $5.5205 billion.
With IDB financing, new health infrastructure will be renovated and constructed, as well as a sewage and water treatment systems in the departments of the dry corridor.
The $133 million of the first loan will be allocated to the renovation and construction of infrastructure in health and roads in the departments of the dry corridor: Nueva Segovia, Madriz, Estelí, Matagalpa and Jinotega.
In the four years that the law of associations between the State and private companies in El Salvador has been in effect, not a single infrastructure project has been able to materialize using this business scheme.
Although there are at least seven infrastructure projects that were initially proposed as being those with the highest priority and ideals to be developed under the public-private partnership scheme and with funding from Fomilenio II, none of them has managed to materialize.
In El Salvador industrialists state that capacity to generate energy is not lacking, what is needed is investment to improve capacity of the transmission lines.
In the opinion of the Salvadoran Association of Industrialists, the expansion proposal presented by the Salvadorian Transmission Company (Etesal) is fundamental in order to be able to upload the energy that will be generated from new projects, such as thesolar power plant that is planned for construction in Usulutánor thenatural gas plantthat Energía del Pacífico plans to build in Acajutla.
The Autonomous Port Executive Commission of El Salvador is putting out to tender expansion of the passenger terminal at the Monsenor Óscar Romero international airport.
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