PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2021 Ministry of Planning and Development OCTOBER 2020 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1 Background of the Public Sector Investment Programme ..................................................... 1 Policy Context for the 2021 Public Sector Investment Programme ...................................... 1 The Composition of the Public Sector Investment Programme............................................. 3 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 5 Public Sector Investment Programme 2021 ........................................................................... 5 Historical Review of the Public Sector Investment Programme ........................................... 8 Financing of the 2021 Public Sector Investment Programme ............................................... 9 THE MACRO-ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK.................................................................... 11 Medium Term Outlook ........................................................................................................ 13 MEDIUM TERM POLICY AND PLANNING AGENDA ................................................ 15 Medium Term Policy Framework ........................................................................................ 15 Our Priorities for the Medium Term 2021-2025 ................................................................. 17 Public Investment Strategy .................................................................................................. 23 Strategies to facilitate and attract investment over the medium term 2021-2025 ............... 23 PART I: ................................................................................................................................... 25 REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2020 .............. 25 Building Globally Competitive Businesses ............................................................................. 26 Agriculture ........................................................................................................................... 26 Economic Restructuring and Transformation ...................................................................... 30 Foreign Policy and Trade Relations ..................................................................................... 33 Manufacturing ...................................................................................................................... 34 Tourism ................................................................................................................................ 35 Youth Development and Entrepreneurship .......................................................................... 38 IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................................................ 41 Drainage ............................................................................................................................... 41 Electricity ............................................................................................................................. 42 Information Technology and Infrastructure ......................................................................... 44 Roads and Bridges ............................................................................................................... 46 Transportation ...................................................................................................................... 52 Water Security ..................................................................................................................... 54 PLACING THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE CENTRE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................. 57 Environment ......................................................................................................................... 57 Energy/Renewable Energy Alternatives .............................................................................. 65 ii DELIVERING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE .................... 67 Administration ..................................................................................................................... 67 Capacity Building/Institutional Strengthening .................................................................... 72 Communication .................................................................................................................... 74 Law Enforcement ................................................................................................................. 75 Public Safety and Citizen Security ...................................................................................... 78 Regional Development Planning ......................................................................................... 80 PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST: NURTURING OUR GREATEST ASSET ........................ 83 Community Development .................................................................................................... 83 Implementation of Self Help Programmes .......................................................................... 84 Education ............................................................................................................................. 86 Health/HIV AIDS ................................................................................................................ 94 Housing and Shelter ............................................................................................................. 98 Science, Research and Development ................................................................................. 100 Social Development ........................................................................................................... 101 Sport and Recreation .......................................................................................................... 103 PART II................................................................................................................................. 107 PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2021.............................................. 107 Development Theme – Building Globally Competitive Businesses ................................. 108 Agriculture ......................................................................................................................... 108 Economic Restructuring and Transformation .................................................................... 115 Foreign Policy and Trade Relations ................................................................................... 118 Manufacturing .................................................................................................................... 120 Tourism .............................................................................................................................. 121 Youth Development and Entrepreneurship ........................................................................ 124 Improving Productivity Through Quality Infrastructure and Transportation ............. 126 Drainage ............................................................................................................................. 126 Electricity ........................................................................................................................... 127 Information Technology and Infrastructure ....................................................................... 129 Roads and Bridges ............................................................................................................. 131 Transportation .................................................................................................................... 135 Water Security ................................................................................................................... 137 Placing the Environment at the Centre of Social and Economic Development ............. 140 Energy/Renewable Energy Alternatives ............................................................................ 140 Environment ....................................................................................................................... 141 Delivering Good Governance and Service Excellence ...................................................... 150 Administration ................................................................................................................... 150 iii Capacity Building/Institutional Strengthening .................................................................. 154 Communication .................................................................................................................. 156 Law Enforcement ............................................................................................................... 157 Public Safety and Citizen Security .................................................................................... 163 Regional Development Planning ....................................................................................... 167 PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST: NURTURING OUR GREATEST ASSET ...................... 170 Community Development