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The project DO Flexible Employment System Project (FESP) is now in the pipeline.

2013-05-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project DO Flexible Employment System Project (FESP) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL has changed to Closed

2012-02-15T05:00:00.000Z

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Third Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors (PASS3) Development Policy Loan (DPL) Program for Dominican Republic are (i) to enhance the performance of social sectors to promote human capital (health, nutrition, education) for the poorest citizens, through a fundamental redesign of the Government's Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) program, Solidaridad, and its articulation with critical actions in health and education; (ii) to improve budget management to support the performance of these social sectors within the CCT program; (iii) to support the gradual introduction of performance agreements in social sectors; and (iv) to enhance transparency and accountability to users by strengthening the enabling environment for a better informed demand for improved public sector performance in the social domain. This document describes the program for the Dominican Republic. This operation is being as the third of a series of three sequential programmatic operations. Its overall objective is to improve results in social sectors in order to preserve the human capital of the poorest citizens in the short term and enhance it the medium term.

The project Dominican Republic Public Expenditures Management (RE) is now in the pipeline.

2012-01-10T05:00:00.000Z

The project Dominican Republic Public Expenditures Management (RE) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO AF to Emergency Recovery & Disaster Management. has changed to Active

2011-11-19T05:00:00.000Z

The project DO AF to Emergency Recovery & Disaster Management. has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL has changed to Active

2011-11-19T05:00:00.000Z

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO AF to Emergency Recovery & Disaster Management. is now in the pipeline.

2011-09-30T04:00:00.000Z

The project DO AF to Emergency Recovery & Disaster Management. is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Early Childhood Education Project has changed to Closed

2011-08-31T04:00:00.000Z

The project Early Childhood Education Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The purpose of the Early Childhood Education Project is to assist the government of the Dominican Republic to increase the availability of high quality educational services for young children ages zero through five by means of targeted early childhood interventions. The closing date of the project will be extended from June 30, 2011 to August 30, 2011. The extension is necessary to allow the Government sufficient time to finalize the remaining civil works and receipt of goods. The two-month extension provides ample margin to ensure their completion, as well as the final receipt of goods coming from overseas. Project objectives continue to be achievable. This will be the final extension of the project.

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL is now in the pipeline.

2011-07-29T04:00:00.000Z

The project DO-3rd Perform.&Accbilty of SocSctrs DPL is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Second Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed

2011-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project Second Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

This document describes the program for a Second Development Policy Loan (SDPL) aimed at improving Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors (PASS) in the Dominican Republic (DR). This operation is being as the second of a series of three sequential programmatic operations. The strategic vision of the PASS is to improve results in social sectors (mainly social protection, education and health), preserving in the short term, and enhancing in the medium term, the human capital of the poorest citizens. Consistent with this vision, the PASS has four inter-related objectives: 1) to enhance the performance of social sectors to promote human capital (health, nutrition, and education) for the poorest citizens, through a fundamental redesign of the Government's Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) program, and its articulation with critical actions in health and education; 2) to improve budget management to support the joint performance of the social sector within the CCT program; 3) to support the gradual introduction of performance agreements in key social sector agencies; and 4) to enhance transparency and oversight in social sectors.

The project DO - Avian Influenza Prevention and Control has changed to Closed

2011-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project DO - Avian Influenza Prevention and Control has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Power Sector Technical Assistance Project has changed to Closed

2010-09-17T04:00:00.000Z

The project Power Sector Technical Assistance Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Power Sector Technical Assistance (TA) Project for the Dominican Republic aims to: 1) strengthen the Government's regulatory and consumer protection performance, 2) improve policy formulation and implementation, 3) design the transmission grid and the wholesale power market, 4) increase the quantity and quality o f electricity for the poor, and 5) protect the environment. There are five main components added to which is a project management component. Component 1 reviews and corrects problems with the regulatory system and the institutional structure, and strengthens the Electricity Superintendency (SIE) and the Consumer Protection Office (PROTECOM). Component 2 (i) promotes a national dialogue to achieve a consensus on required reforms and the participation of the private sector; (ii) strengthens the National Energy Commission (CNE); (iii) funds public consultation processes; and (iv) improves the management of Government interests as shareholder in power sector enterprises through the Fondo Patrimonial (FONPER). Component 3 improves system reliability and increases competition in the wholesale power market by supporting business plan creation, installing training programs, identifying alternatives for private sector participation, establishing a transmission expansion plan, and reviewing the methodology used for setting transmission charges. Component 4 improves rural electrification programs and the Blackout Reduction Program in urban barrios. Component 5 supports the preparation of sectoral environmental documents.

The project Second Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2010-08-24T04:00:00.000Z

The project Second Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Domininican Republic Municipal Development Project has changed to Closed

2010-05-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project Domininican Republic Municipal Development Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Municipal Development Project for Dominican Republic are to improve the technical and financial capacity of the participating municipalities to program, finance, and deliver minimum municipality services. There are three components to the project, the first component being institutional strengthening. Provision of support for the institutional strengthening of municipal governments, including: the strengthening of the capacity for programming, implementing and managing basic municipal services, including the preparation and implementation of minimum annual maintenance programs; and the creation and functioning of municipal development councils, including specific actions to enhance transparency of municipal administrations and participation of civil society. The second component is the municipal investments. Provision of support for the carrying out of municipal investments required to improve coverage, quality and management of minimum municipality services and infrastructure, through the provision of matching grants to participating municipalities for the implementation of municipal subprojects. Finally, the third component is the project administration, monitoring and evaluation.

The project Domininican Republic Municipal Development Project has changed to Active

2010-01-28T05:00:00.000Z

The project Domininican Republic Municipal Development Project has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO: Health Reform Support (APL) has changed to Closed

2010-01-02T05:00:00.000Z

The project DO: Health Reform Support (APL) has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Health Reform Support Program Project (APL) for the Dominican Republic aims to contribute to achieve by the year 2015 the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agreed to by the Government of the Dominican Republic at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. Specifically, the APL would address three MDG goals: reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and contribute to eradicate extreme poverty by protecting the poorest from financial loss due to ill health and disability. The project also aims to support implementation of the new legal framework for the health sector, and support preparation, validation and dissemination of supplementary norms and regulations to the General Health Law (42-01) and the Social Security Law (87 -01). The APL will implement three components in three phases. A fourth component will manage implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and assess changes that would trigger the decision to continue to the next phase or to change action for improving performance, or in the last resort, to cancel the operation. Component 1 extends health service coverage in three priority regions using the national health insurance financing mechanism to deliver a basic health plan of essential health services, particularly MCH services; strengthens the clinical problem-solving capabilities of the primary health care units (UNAPS) as well as the hospitals at the secondary and tertiary care levels, improves the quality of medical care provided, and ensures a functioning referral system; applies national norms to improve physical infrastructure; and develops integrated and decentralized health care networks at the regional levels. Component 2 implements health sector reform legislation. Component 3 improves selected essential public health functions to promote and protect the health of the population.

The project Public Finance and Social Sector Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2009-10-09T04:00:00.000Z

The project Public Finance and Social Sector Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Public Finance and Social Sector Development Policy Loan Program for Dominican Republic (DR) is to improve the quality and efficiency of public spending, especially for poverty reduction and human development. The DR is a middle income country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. With a population of 9.8 million and a land area of 48,700 sq km, it is on both dimensions the second largest country in the Caribbean, after Cuba. Tourism, mining, and light manufacturing are the main exports. Foreign direct investment was about 3.8 percent of gross domestic product in 2007, and remittances were about 7.3 percent. For over a decade the DR has had competitive elections and peaceful alternation of parties in power. As in most middle income countries, politics play a key role in economic policy and the reduction of poverty. The Government plan for 2008-2012, calls for accelerating public sector reforms that began in the previous administration are: (a) improving the efficiency and quantity of public services; and (b) providing the fiscal space to fund priority social and investment programs, consistent with its four-year plan, the government is also preparing a longer term development program: the 'national development strategy', a comprehensive ten year plan addressing long term challenges of growth and social cohesion. The current global recession is taking a large toll on the economy by increasing debt servicing costs and weakening growth, income from tourism, and remittances. The Dominican Republic faces substantial challenges from the current global crisis. The government's reform program has become urgent, as the country's present economic and fiscal trajectory is not sustainable. Its importance is evident. External financing constraints have materialized and interest rate spreads on the DR international borrowing increased substantially since September 2008. The government also wants to avoid the reversals of social programs experienced in previous crises.

The project Dominican Republic National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) is now in the pipeline.

2009-08-21T04:00:00.000Z

The project Dominican Republic National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project DO Additional Financing Social Sectors Investment Progr is now in the pipeline.

2009-08-19T04:00:00.000Z

The project DO Additional Financing Social Sectors Investment Progr is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

This project paper concerns to provide an additional loan to the Dominican Republic for the Social Protection Investment Project. The additional financing (AF) will help finance the costs associated with a scaling-up of existing project activities, the introduction of complementary activities, and the need to fill a financing gap. The complementary activities are now a key element in the Government's social protection programs, specifically the institutional restructuring of the conditional cash transfers program (CCT) solidaridad. These complementary activities are fully consistent with the original development objectives of the project and are expected to increase the project's impact. The AF will also finance the funding gap for two ongoing activities: (a) the contracting of paralegal staff to assist poor Dominican households to obtain their national identity documents; and (b) the updating of the targeting instrument Sistema Unico de Beneficiarios (SIUBEN). In order to allow for full implementation of the ongoing and new project activities, the loan's closing date will be extended by eighteen months, from the current closing date of June 30, 2012 to December 31, 2013.

The project First Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2009-07-11T04:00:00.000Z

The project First Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

This document describes the program for a Development Policy Loan (DPL) aimed at improving Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors (PASS) in the Dominican Republic (DR). This operation is being proposed as the first of a series of three sequential programmatic operations. The strategic vision of the PASS is to improve results in social sectors (mainly social protection, education and health), preserving in the short term, and enhancing in the medium term, the human capital of the poorest citizens. Consistent with this vision, the PASS has four inter-related objectives: (i) to enhance the performance of social sectors to promote human capital (health, nutrition, education) for the poorest citizens, through a fundamental redesign of the Government's Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) program, and its articulation with critical actions in health and education; (ii) to improve budget management to support the joint performance of the social sector within the CCT program, as part of the interim measures to protect critical aspects of social spending and support the required improvements in the supply of health, nutrition and education services; (iii) to support the gradual introduction of performance agreements in key social sector agencies; and (iv) to enhance transparency and oversight in social sectors. This document is structured as follows: (a) country context (section two); (b) government's program and operation rationale, discussing the outlook and policy challenges for enhancing the performance and accountability of social sectors, as well as the participatory processes that inform these challenges (section three); (c) brief description of Bank support to the Government program targeted by the PASS (section four); (d) the operation, overall approach and specific areas of policy actions (section five); and (e) implementation aspects, including poverty, social and environment aspects, risks and risk mitigation (section six). Annex one describes the matrix of policy actions and indicators.

The project Health Sector Reform Second Phase APL (PARSS 2) is now in the pipeline.

2009-03-27T04:00:00.000Z

The project Health Sector Reform Second Phase APL (PARSS 2) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Second Phase Adaptable Program Loan for the Health Sector Reform Project for Dominican Republic are to: (i) improve the capacity of Regional Health Services (RHS) to deliver, in a timely fashion, quality services known to improve the health of mothers, children and people with chronic conditions by public providers at the first level of care; and (ii) improve health system responsiveness, defined here as the institutional capacity of public sector health organizations to conduct strategic purchasing of health care services and goods, and to respond to public health emergencies. There are four components to the project, the first component being introducing results-based financing mechanism for the first level of care in regional health services. The component will introduce results-adjusted capitation mechanisms to better align incentives to improve delivery of health services at the first level of care. This component will contribute to finance the delivery of ambulatory primary health care services to an estimated 550,000 poor individuals in selected RHS'. The second component is the strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to improve and monitor health system responsiveness while fostering transparency and accountability. This component's objectives are to strengthen MOH capacity to deliver public health goods and services while fostering transparency and accountability, and to strengthen existing information systems for the adequate functioning of results-adjusted capitations. The third component is the improving the quality of public spending on health care goods and services. The objective of this component will be to strengthen coordination and institutional capacity of public sector organizations for more sustainable financing, planning and purchasing of health services and other key inputs needed to improve the quality of health services with an emphasis on primary health care. Finally, the fourth component is the support for response to public health emergencies. The objective of this component is to support the MOH in coordinating and implementing activities for a swifter and better response to public health emergencies.