He Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will finance some 36 investment projects in different departments of the Uruguay.
The IDB representative in the country, Luiz Roshighlighted the Uruguay as “an innovation laboratory”, where good results can be replicated in other countries in the region.
The words of the bank representative emerge from his speech this Friday at the Executive Tower, within the framework of the signing of the framework adhesion agreement for the execution of the Program for the Development and Strengthening of Fiscal Management of the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP) and the Congress of Mayorsan event supported by the IDB, and which was attended by the president Luis Lacalle Pouamong other government officials.
The IDB official stressed that the development bank will “promote” the signed agreement, and that among the 36 projects, some will enter through competitive funds that will reward those that are aligned with the agenda of “equity, diversity, and climate change.” that the bank proposes.
“There are 40 years of support from the bank to this program, this marks a long-term partner with the country,” he said. Roswho added that the agreement allows “strengthening fiscal management at the municipal level” and working on “strategic works.”
Ros He indicated that “it is very important to build a country to work very closely with the municipalities,” and that this program inaugurates “a new stage” in which “cross-cutting issues are brought up” that “are very aligned with the bank’s agenda, but also of the country”.
Likewise, he stated that the current agreement will improve the fiscal situation of the departments and their fiscal sustainability, but also the “digitalization agenda” of the State.
Funds to departmental governments increased to 130 million dollars in 2023
He director of the OPP and former Minister of the Economy, Isaac Alfieexplained that the funds allocated to departmental governments increased to 130 million dollars in 2023, when it was 111 million dollars in 2019.
In turn, these came to represent 21.5% of the total resources transferred, when before the pandemic they were 20%. Of the 50 million dollars in additional funds allocated to the communities, 40%, that is, 20 million dollars, were allocated to works.
Source: Ambito
