El Salvador has failed to invest infrastructure budget

The El Salvador Government has failed to finish its planned programme of investments in public infrastructure projects. The country has implemented just 66% of the budget it had previously allotted for infrastructure work during 2015. In all the planned budget accounted for US$682 million. The country has so far spent $206.2 million of the $1.05 billion it has targeted for its 2016 infrastructure budget.
June 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The El Salvador Government has failed to finish its planned programme of investments in public infrastructure projects. The country has implemented just 66% of the budget it had previously allotted for infrastructure work during 2015. In all the planned budget accounted for US$682 million. The country has so far spent $206.2 million of the $1.05 billion it has targeted for its 2016 infrastructure budget.
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