The report states that 34 public investment projects were approved last July, bringing the total to 308 in the first seven months of 2022 (January-July 2022).
SANTO DOMINGO.- 55.9% of the projects approved by the Government in July correspond to the Housing and Community Services function (19 projects), in particular to the Community Development sub-function (12 projects), according to the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development.
The publication from the General Directorate of Public Investment, based on information from the National Public Investment System (SNIP), indicates that for the period January-July, 36.7% of approved projects correspond to Housing and community services (113 projects), followed by 32.1% to Health (99 projects), and 9.1% to sports, recreational, cultural, and religious activities (28 projects). Regarding the total cost of the projects, 61.3% will be allocated to the Health sector.
The report states that 34 public investment projects were approved last July, bringing the total to 308 in the first seven months of 2022 (January-July 2022).
The total cost of these 34 projects amounts to RD$21,606 million, and RD$132,931 million has been approved this year, according to the report “Public Investment in Data (DatoSNIP)” corresponding to July 2022.
It indicates that 63.3% of the approved projects correspond to the central government (195 projects), followed by municipal governments (56 projects) and companies (50 projects), which were approved at 18.2% and 16.2%, respectively.
The document indicates that the highest cost is for projects of the central government, amounting to RD$117,631.5 million (88.5% of the total approved in January-July).
It adds that the cost analysis of the projects shows that the largest approved amount corresponds to the Health sector, with RD$17,776.6 million (82.3% of the total amount approved in July). Of the amount approved for Health, 99.4% will be allocated to hospital services.
The document explains that, of the 34 projects approved in July, 8 were in the province of San Cristóbal, representing the largest number of projects approved at the provincial level, followed by El Seibo (5), Azua (4) and Santiago (3), while the rest are distributed in 11 provinces.
It specifies that 81.8% of the amount approved in July is for a project in San Pedro de Macorís intended for the construction of a public health center, with a total cost of RD$17,673 million.
Furthermore, for the period January-July, Santiago and San Cristóbal represent the provinces with the highest number of approved projects (27 projects each), followed by Santo Domingo and the National District, with 25 approved projects each.
Since January 2022, the report highlights, Santiago has held the position with the highest total cost of approved projects, amounting to RD$49,043 million, representing an increase of 3.5% compared to June.
In July 2022, the implementing institutions with the most approved projects were the Presidential Commission for Provincial Development Support (9), the San Francisco Vicentillo City Council (5), the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (4) and the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings (4).
In June 2022, 136 projects were approved, and of these, 16 belonged to Santiago, representing the largest number of projects approved by location. It is followed by the provinces of Monseñor Nouel and Santo Domingo with 11, the National District with 10, and the southern provinces of Azua and Independencia with 8. The rest are distributed across 21 provinces.
The total amount of projects approved last month was RD$16,442.3 million, for a cumulative total of RD$111,325 million, the highest in the last five years.
