Dominican Republic - Summary report

UNN-5 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMIENT M r--;, -?, - 11 1~~~~, \'v' ., ., ,r- ECONOMC DEPARTMNT SUMARYREPRTON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R.A. Wight October 1948  Pane Conclusions ...,.,,,,,...,,..,,ee,e,,,.,, i I. Geography and Climate ,....-.......... II, Population oe0e.. ... .00.,,..@000- *** .. 2 III, History and Goverment *.,.*......,.**.,,,. 2 IV, General Structure of the Dominican Economy.., 3 V. Agriculture ....o..**ooOoeoe ooeee.oo D 5 VI. Forestry and Fisheries ............ ee..ee oe 7 VII. Mining .. o . . * . .o . . *oOO0e.... 0 0000900 8 VIIIo Industry ........eee.ooe,.* **.0.* ee o* 8 IX, Transport ......**...*..* ......11 X. Foreign Trade . @0 @.**@..@..... 12 XI, External Finance ,, e....ec.e**o 14 XIIo Internal Finance *o eooeC c 15 STATISTICAL APPENDICES I. Geography ..*.....e.*e. ..e..e.*. 18 II* Population *19.**.***.- 9 III, History and Government *.,e.,e..ooo....e 20 IV, National Income ,ooo,..o,....O,,,....oC 21 V. Agriculture . . . G e . e . e 0coeeoeGee 22 VI, Forestry and Flisheries *.O.,.............. 23 VII, Minerals .@*O*ee09 .0OO.0@OOO0#qO.O* 24 Conttd,  1C. Transport and Communication*.#o*a*,*X* 27 X. Foreign Trade *e,,a.e.o.,es;oeeeoeeO 29 XI. External Finance ....................* 32 XII. Internal Finance ......* ........................ 35 XIII, Prices ... . .. . ..................