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

EIB Funds Clean Energy in the Dominican Republic

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

3 November 2010: The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide US$37 million to finance high-voltage electricity transmission networks in the Dominican Republic, to enable power generated by new wind and hydroelectric power plants to be distributed across the country. The project is expected to grant electricity access to over 100,000 people. The challenges of increased climate risk have been incorporated into the project with transmission lines able to withstand hurricane winds up to 230...

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UNGA's Second Committee Concludes Consideration of Sustainable Development of SIDS

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

2 November 2010: The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concluded its consideration of sustainable development, with several States calling for special support for small island developing States (SIDS) to cope with the adverse effects of climate change, including more frequent and severe floods, typhoons and hurricanes. India said it had contributed to the development efforts of SIDS in the spirit of South-South solidarity, helping them with capacity...

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Haiti and Dominican Republic launch effort to create green border

Submitted by: Beth | Date: 24 Jun 2011 | Source:

http://content.undp.org/go/...

Port-au-Prince – Haiti and the Dominican Republic kicked off a joint project last month to increase vegetation cover and improve living conditions for people on both sides of the countries’ shared border. The two neighbours, sharing the island of Hispaňola, launched a four-year project, Green Border (Frontera Verde, in Spanish), to reduce high levels of natural disaster risk for local inhabitants along the border that runs through several rivers and watersheds. Centuries...

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