While public debt ratios in Latin America increased in 2009 amid the global financial crisis, they remain below levels reached following the Asian and Russian crises of the late 1990s. Moreover, debt composition has continued to shift towards "safer" debt (domestic debt with a higher prevalence...

Latin America spends large amounts of resources on social services, yet its life expectancy and education levels are low compared to other regions with similar levels of income. A key reason is the inherent difficulty of making social services produce efficiently in response to demands and...

The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for the Dominican Republic for the period 2009-2013. This approach paper defines the evaluation's scope. This CPE ims to analyze the Bank's relationship with the country, taking an independent and...

During the past 11 years, the Dominican Republic has introduced dozens of new laws and regulations aimed at modernizing its national management systems. The new rules represent a step forward in the implementation of Managing for Development Results (MfDR) techniques that will improve the...

Análisis de las remesas de emigrantes entre España y tres países latinoamericanos: Colombia, Ecuador y República Dominicana (aspectos demográficos y sociológicos)

Analysis in four Central American and Caribbean countries (El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala) of the government involvement in promoting an enabling environment conducive to economic exchange between immigrants residing in the United States and their homeland.

This slide is about a Statement of Direction for the Remittances business In Dominican Republic. Presents a vision statement, ReD Growth Strategy, Distribution Channels, RED Growth, Rural Coop's, Social Contribution and conclusions.

This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...

The MIF made a partnership with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to jointly administer a permanent program on remittance studies in Latin America and the Caribbean. I'ts a three-year research and dissemination program to promote best practices in remittance transmission in Latin...

Study on the Latin American transnational migration patterns and their relationship with development.