The Guyana Ministry of Finance has published Volume 3 of the 2026 Budget Estimates, setting out central government and regional capital project profiles under the Public Sector Investment Programme presented to the National Assembly. The programme provides for GYD 779.6 billion in capital expenditure for 2026, with the largest sectoral allocations directed to construction at GYD 210.5 billion, housing at GYD 157.6 billion, power generation at GYD 83.6 billion, agriculture at GYD 76.5 billion and transport and communication at GYD 60.8 billion. The largest project-level allocations include GYD 150 billion for infrastructural development and buildings under the Ministry of Housing, GYD 66.2 billion for the Electricity Expansion Programme, GYD 57.4 billion for the Low Carbon Development Programme, GYD 37.6 billion for miscellaneous roads and drainage, GYD 24.5 billion for bridges, GYD 23.6 billion for the Health Sector Improvement Programme and GYD 21.05 billion for a new Small Business Development Fund. The estimates also show GYD 167.8 billion in specific-source financing for 2026, comprising GYD 164.4 billion in loans and GYD 3.4 billion in grants, with support listed from sources including the Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, International Development Association, India, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and JICA.

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