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Accelerating Infrastructure Development

By 2022, strategic infrastructure will be developed,
guided by the National Spatial Strategy (NSS), in
key sectors like transport, water resources, energy,
information and communications technology (ICT),
and social infrastructure (i.e., housing, education,
health, and solid waste management facilities). The
specific targets are provided in Table 19.4 of the PDP
2017-2022.

Strategies

Infrastructure supports the country’s socioeconomic development. Spending on
infrastructure has to be intensified while addressing persistent issues and challenges
hampering implementation.

To increase spending on public infrastructure
• Enhance the linkage of the planning, programming, and budgeting
processes of the government.
• Encourage private sector participation.
• Secure optimal mix of government, official development assistance, and
private sector spending.
• Formulate and update master plans and roadmaps.
• Improve government administrative systems and procedures on project
implementation.

To implement strategic infrastructure programs and projects

Transport
• Enhance efficiency of the transport sector through providing adequate,
accessible, reliable, and safe access for people and goods.
• Improve road-based transport to address traffic congestion through
“engineering, enforcement, and education,” and upgrade road network to
the highest quality standards.
• Encourage shift from private to public transport, especially on mass
transport.
• Improve operational efficiency of airports and address constraints to
optimal capacity utilization.
• Improve port facilities to ensure that inter-island shipping, including
a stronger RORO network, will remain a viable option for transporting
people and cargo.

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