Dominican Republic

Capital City:

Santo Domingo

Languages:

Spanish

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	85.90000000000001	92.3	91	89	81.5	82.2	79.7	84.7				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	16.1	16.1	16.1	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)			87					88.23999999999999				World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	2,515	2,515	2,515	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,517	2,500	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760	13,760		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48	28.48		World Bank

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	8,829,830	8,970,380	9,111,140	9,252,030	9,392,870	9,533,440	9,673,760	9,813,690	9,952,710	10,090,200	World Bank
Population annual growth	1.59861	1.57919	1.55699	1.53459	1.51076	1.48548	1.46107	1.43614	1.4067	1.37148	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	120					100			100		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index	0.624					0.638	0.646	0.651	0.656	0.66	0.663	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	4,770	4,890	5,180	5,080	5,110	5,850	6,620	7,330	7,860	8,110	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	0.24	0.45	0.57	0.35	0.42	0.25	0.16	0.31	0.35		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	1,839,000,000	1,982,000,000	2,195,000,000	2,325,400,000	2,501,200,000	2,719,200,000	3,084,300,000	3,413,900,000	3,487,000,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)	6	9	10	12	12	12	12	13	World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)	1,355	1,438	1,438	1,443	1,475	1,438	1,414	1,419	World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)	81.61	80.78	81.28	80.59999999999999	78.97	79.23	80.16	80.48999999999999	World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	20,117	20,235	21,500	21,533	19,970	19,893	20,359	20,759				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	87					87			86			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Dominican Republic	First national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Strategy Description	2004
NBSAP - Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic: Fourth National Report on the Biodiversity	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Dominican Republic		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

CARIFORUM, EU Sign Three Agreements

Date: 02 Apr 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

29 March 2012: The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the European Commission (EC) signed three financial agreements totaling €82.6 million (about US$110 million) to promote Caribbean integration and aid in the realization of CARIFORUM’s implementation commitments under the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The first agreement, worth €8.6 million, will be implemented by the Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS...

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IDB Launches Contest to Promote Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean

Date: 28 Feb 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

15 February 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest for the Caribbean, which will award up to US$200,000 for projects involving energy efficiency and access to renewable energy in the region. The contest invites individuals and organizations in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and...

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CC:Learn Workshop Focuses on Dominican Republic’s Climate Change Education Strategy

Date: 28 Feb 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

7 February 2012: The National Workshop for the UN CC:Learn Project to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Address Climate Change in the Dominican Republic concluded with a recognition of the need for climate change education and training to be mainstreamed into various sectors, and linked to sustainable development strategies and objectives. The workshop, which took place on 7 February 2012, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was organized by the Dominican Republic’s National Climate...

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