Support to Digitalization in the Dominican Republic

The general objective of this TC is to support the comprehensive digitalization of the Dominican Republic by way of developing a strategy for deploying rural broadband infrastructure and introducing a nationwide digital broadcasting system that would contribute to improved connectivity of rural production centers as well as better access for rural populations to health and education services. Under the national ICT plan called "Republica Digital", DR is driving to extend fiber-optic networks further into remote and rural areas. On top of it, she also has repeatedly committed to complete analog switch off (by doing so successful transition to digital broadcasting) in close collaboration with the Bank and advanced countries. Through this project, we hope to provide DR a strong tool on how to achieve those goals in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Project Detail

Country

Dominican Republic

Project Number

DR-T1183

Approval Date

April 11, 2019

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subsector

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

Lending Instrument

Lending Instrument Code

Modality

Facility Type

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Category C: Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 600,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 0.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 600,000.00

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