1996News

Public investment decreases

The government’s official budget report reveals that public investment has reduced by 50%. In July, public expenditure on construction was RD$733.2 million, but decreased to RD$322.4 million in August. A lot of this can be accounted for by the fact that the new government took over on 16 August, and put many payments on hold until it had reviewed the projects that it had inherited from its predecessors.