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Strategic Priority – Economic Growth, Job Creation, Competiveness
and Innovation
Strategic Priority
Sectors
Allocation
Economic Growth, Job Creation,
Competitiveness and Innovation
Administration
2.103
Communication
64.831
Drainage
519.873
Economic Restructuring and
Transformation
246.550
Electricity
171.714
Energy/Renewable Energy
Alternatives
1,004.001
Foreign Policy and Trade
Relation
33.642
Industrial Development
2.628
Information Technology and
Infrastructure
336.431
Manufacturing
155.243
Roads and Bridges
1,627.778
Science, Research and
Development
131.589
Sewerage
89.186
The Arts and Multiculturalism
111.439
Tourism
160.150
Transportation
338.101
Water Security
245.113
TOTAL
5,240.371
Science, Research and Development
95.
The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
(NIHERST), will continue to promote research and development in the areas of Science and
Technology. This initiative attempts to move the economy to the next level by promoting
innovation and diversification through its projects and programmes. Some of the initiatives
include:
