March arrived, but the execution of resources among the five local governments with the most transfers of Canon, overcanon and royalties It does not even reach 3% of its resources. This is what the data from the Data for Action platform of the Private Competitiveness Council (CPC) shows.
The list of districts in question is led by Megantoni (Cusco), with just over S/474.7 million from its modified institutional budget (PIM), coming from canon transfers and royalties for investment activities and projects. Of such resources, it had only executed 2.5% at the end of February, according to the CPC platform, with data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) at the end of February.
Said district, which, in addition, is among those with the most resources at the national level, is followed by San Marcos and Chimbote, from Ancasino, with just over S/448.3 million and almost S/302 million in resources, but with advances of almost 0% (S/69,706) and 1.9%, respectively. In addition, in the case of San Marcos, if only disbursements for investment projects are considered, the figure drops to S/13,382.
The top 5 is completed by Pichari and Quimbiri, two Cusco districts of which the first has almost S/233.3 million and the second close to S/216 million. However, both show advances of only 1.5% and 2%, in each case.
FALL TO FEBRUARY
The situation described goes hand in hand with the results of public investment in February reported by the MEF. According to these data, the public investment of local governments accumulated a fall of 18%, contrasting with the smaller decrease of regional governments, of -4%, and with the growth of investment of the national government of 55%.
For the economist Iván Alonso, one way to avoid wasting resources should be that they have an “expiration date”.
“That is, if the local governments do not use them until the end of the year, they can be reverted to the central government. In the same way as budget items expire at the end of the year if they have not been used. They could come back and be part of the contingency reserves,” he said.
Regarding the MEF’s initiative to introduce high-level public managers under the Servir scheme in local governments, the economist considered that the measure “could help”, but that “the problem lies more with those who make political decisions, such as mayors, governors and regional councils.
Data
-Districts like Megantoni and San Marcos have more resources to take advantage of than districts like Santiago de Surco, San Isidro or Miraflores.
-Of the budget not executed in 2022, the largest amount corresponds to local governments, with S/11,986 million that were not used.
