Public spending for the 2020 financial year is based on the priorities of the Head of State’s vision as reflected in his inaugural address and his 100-day program. These include: securing the national territory; improvement of the social conditions of the population; the economic development of the country; and the protection of the environment.

Compared to budget allocations reflected in the Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF) 2020-2022, Zoom Eco reviews the nine main orientations of the National Executive’s fiscal policy.

1. Health sector. The main actions envisaged are set out in the National Health Development Plan (PNDS) currently being implemented, and aim at increasing the supply of quality primary health care, for increased accessibility to health services with a view to to ensure the universal health coverage of the population. For the period 2020-2022, the intervention strategy in this sector is based on the three main axes, namely, the fight against epidemics, endemic diseases and non-communicable diseases, the acquisition of generic drugs essential for the supply of the various health zones, as well as the acquisition of the infrastructures and equipment of the general reference hospitals and health centers.

2. Primary, secondary and vocational education. The government’s policy will be to increase access, equity and retention, improve quality and relevance, and strengthen the governance of the education system, including through free basic education as advocated by the Constitution.

3. Agriculture, fishing and farming. The actions will focus on the development of animal, plant, fisheries and aquatic sectors, the management of food security and strategic food reserves as well as the governance of the agricultural sector.

4. Rural development. The actions will focus on the rehabilitation and maintenance of agricultural feeder roads, the supply of drinking water to the rural world through the construction of boreholes as well as the maintenance and rehabilitation of water works, the continuation of the implementation of the Photovoltaic rural electrification program in the territories, as well as the continuation of the implementation of the rural electrification program of the territorial capitals.

5. In the infrastructure sector. The Government’s actions will focus on the construction of grade separation at selected sites, the rehabilitation of roads and urban roads, the construction of ferries to facilitate the crossing of lakes and large rivers, the construction of new roads and the construction of new roads. repair of related works, as well as the fight against erosions.

6. Transport. The government is aiming for the development of an integrated multimodal transport system capable of linking all the economic poles of the country. For the realization of this objective, the main actions will include: the deployment of TRANSCO within the country, the acquisition of passenger cars for the SNCC, the rehabilitation of railways, airports and aerodromes, the acquisition of equipment and equipment for monitoring the navigation of the sea, river and lake routes and the acquisition of vessels for the Congolese Maritime Lines and the dredging of the seabase.

7. Energy. The government intends to improve the access of the population to urban drinking water and electricity, by the construction of micro-electric power plants, the rehabilitation of urban distribution networks, and the rehabilitation of public lighting in large cities. arteries. The Government’s efforts will also focus on accelerating the implementation of the Inga Grand Project.

8. Justice. The government pursues the objective of guaranteeing the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens and revitalizing the judicial system, by building courthouses, commercial courts and juvenile courts in provincial capitals, and central prisons and detention camps in the territories.

9. Defense and Security Services. The government’s policy aims at the modernization of the Army and the Police through the implementation of the programming laws of these sectors, with a view to securing our borders, protecting people and their property, and computerizing management of migratory flows, in particular to improve the control of the stay of foreigners.

According to Pierre Kangudia, these spending policy guidelines “take into account sectoral strategies and the imperative of financing the major reforms needed to improve the country’s governance, boost the economy and increase people’s well-being. Congolese. ”

Emilie MBOYO