Dominican Republic - Its main economic development problems

A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY PUB-I 705 DOMINICAN REIPUBLIC Its Main Economic Development Problems FILE COPY D)ECEDMlBER 978   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Its Main Economic Development Problems This report is based on the findings of a mission to the Dominican Republic in October/ November, 1976, consisting of: Luis Landau, chief Rene Monserrat, consultant (Balance of Payments and Financial Policies) Manuel Lasaga (Quantitative and Macro-economic Aspects, Statistical Appendix) David Hughart (Water Resource Management) David Hodgkinson (Rural and Urban Poverty, Social Sectors) Hugo Gonzalez Cano, OAS consultant (Public Sector Finances) Hernando Gomez Otalora, consultant (Promotion of Industrial and Non-Traditional Exports) Arturo Cornejo (Irrigation) Choeng Chung (Sugar Sector Policies and Prospects) Elena Gavidia, secretary and administrative assistant to the mission The mission benefitted from the findings of a previous short visit to the country by: Darrel Fallen-Bailey (Energy-Related Issues) John D. Carver (Electric Power) A Central Projects Research Group Team, composed of: Basil Coukis, transport economist Norbert Kliver, engineer-consultant analyzed the scope for applying more labor intensive techniques in public sector invest- ment projects, particularly as regards roads and irrigation works. Ulrich Thumm who was not a member of the mission, contributed to the Report, particularly to the anal- ysis of growth prospects. An earlier draft of this report was discussed with the Government in October, 1977. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  The World Bank issues country economic studies in two series. This report is a working document and is, as such, part of an informal series based wholly on materials originally prepared for restricted use within the Bank. The text is not meant to be definitive, but is offered so as to make some results of internal research widely available to scholars and practitioners throughout the world. A second, more formal series entitled World Bank Country Economic Reports is published for the Bank by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Titles of these and all other Bank publications may be found in the Catalog of Publications, which is available free of charge from World Bank, Publications Unit, 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. This report is a free publication. A small charge may be made if airmail postage is required. The views and interpretations in this report are the authors' and should not be attributed to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to any individual acting in their behalf. Copyright