Dominican Republic
Dominicana redirects here. For the airline, see: Dominicana de Aviacion The Dominican Republic ( də-MIN-ik-ən; Spanish: República Dominicana, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana] (listen)) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.8 …
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EM 2030: Equal Measures 2030 · 3 September 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index delivers a stark message: no country is on track to achieve gender equality by the 2030 deadline. This global report, examining data from 139 countries, …
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World Bank Group · 29 August 2024 English
While financial sector risks in the larger and higher per capita countries are moderate, half of lower-income countries face significant risks over the next 12 months. Nearly 70 percent of …
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World Bank Group · 29 August 2024 English
In the wake of COVID-19, tourism on Bonaire is showing signs of rapid and near-complete recovery. At the same time, the population has continued to grow significantly. In 2019 and …
The percentage of residents born in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, or Colombia has risen from 13 …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 28 August 2024 English
The mission helped the BCRD to assess a CBDC's potential macro-financial, legal, and financial integrity implications, and shared lessons from other countries' CBDC and digital money projects, technology considerations, practices …
HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Assessing the Implications of a Retail Central … Capital Markets, Legal, IT Departments DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Assessing the Implications of a retail … implications and two missions took place in the Dominican Republic (DR), in June and September 2023. These …
World Bank Group · 28 August 2024 English
A strong agriculture sector and food security system can diversify the economy and systematically strengthen national capacities to better manage risk and recovery from exogenous and endogenous shocks and enhance …
and papaya, sourcing key inputs from the Dominican Republic. Another area is skin care products, produced …
Amnesty International · 28 August 2024 English
On 16 August 2024, Luis Abinader was sworn in for a second term as president of the Dominican Republic. During his previous term in office, Amnesty International condemned worrying human rights violations …
in for a second term as president of the Dominican Republic. During his previous term in office, Amnesty … Amnesty International. Since 2022, the Dominican Republic has become the country deporting the highest … their study, residence and work visas in the Dominican Republic, leaving people in a situation of irregular … working on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic continually report cases of deportees being … Malpasse in Haiti, which borders Jimaní in the Dominican Republic, despite knowing that access to Malpasse …
World Bank Group · 27 August 2024 English
Although total global migration as a share of world population has been relatively stable, the world is witnessing a rapid increase in the number of high-skilled migrants. After identifying interesting …
Jamaica 81,731 31.8 128,801 34.0 Dominican Republic 52,105 25.4 97,144 28.3 Haiti … Jamaica 77,463 60.6 124,447 61.9 Dominican Republic 49,429 43.8 91,562 47.8 Haiti 43 … 79 Northern Africa 0.48 0.43 Dominican Republic 0.30 0.29 Eastern Africa 0 …
World Bank Group · 27 August 2024 English
While development literature has come a long way in conceptualizing and measuring poverty multidimensionally, policy interventions to address it remain trapped in fragmented, sector-specific approaches. One of the main challenges …
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IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 26 August 2024 English
El Grupo BID está comprometido en posicionar a la región como una super potencia de la naturaleza, con el objetivo de generar un impacto positivo en la diversidad biológica y …
restorationof nature in mitigation plans Dominican Republic Detailed adaptation plan Conservation …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 26 August 2024 English
La protection sociale adaptative fait référence à l'utilisation des systèmes et programmes de protection sociale pour renforcer la capacité des ménages pauvres et vulnérables à faire face et à se …
> EXAMPLES In 2019, the government of the Dominican Republic set up a strategy to connect social protection … Adaptive Social Protection System 17 > In the Dominican Republic, SIUBEN+ is applying data analytics to identify …
