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Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Country Office of the Dominican Republic aims to help the country return to a path of robust economic growth consistent with inclusive and sustainable development with an emphasis on transparency.

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Country Office
Katharina B. Falkner-Olmedo Representante país Rep Dominicana. Desarrollo Social - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Katharina B. Falkner-Olmedo
IDB Country Representative in Dominican Republic
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Dominican Republic is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, Dominican Republic appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Dominican Republic is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair, shared with Mexico, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Country representation

Executive Director: Erick Jose Limas Maldonado

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Ernesto Alejandro Selman Mejia

ELECTED BY: Dominican Republic and Mexico

Total Contribution: 16,800,400

Number of votes: 86,452

of the institution's ownership

Address: Calle César Nicolás Penson esquina 

Calle Leopoldo Navarro Sector Gascue

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana

Calle César Nicolás Penson esquina 

Calle Leopoldo Navarro Sector Gascue

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana

Phone number: (T) (1-809) 784-6400

Fax number: (T) (1-809) 562-2607

E-mail:  [email protected]

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Strategy and Projects

The Bank’s Country Strategy 2025–2028 aims to maximize the impact of the IDB Group in the Dominican Republic through a selective approach to its interventions. This document is intended to guide the Bank’s actions to contribute to the country’s development by strategically leveraging the resources, experience, synergies, and strategic partnerships of the three windows to address the country’s challenges more effectively.

This strategy is structured around three key pillars:

  • Strengthen human capital and social conditions: to improve living conditions through increased access to safe water and sanitation, strengthen health and social protection systems and promote skills development.
  • Advance growth led by the private sector: to expand and upgrade transportation infrastructure, enhancing electricity market efficiency, promoting sustainable mining development, building technical capacity for the agriculture sector, and facilitating greater access to finance and value-chain integration for the business sector.
  • Increase public sector efficiency and resilience: The purpose of this pillar is to strengthen the sustainability of public finances, improve the quality of public expenditure within a framework of transparency and accountability, and promote planning and regulatory improvements to enhance public management effectiveness.

The IDB Group is prepared to continue being a key strategic partner for the country by increasing support in key sectors, empowering the private sector, and mobilizing its experience and technical capacity.

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IDB Country Strategy with Dominican Republic 2025-2028
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
DR-T1332 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas 700,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1316 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the implementation of the national strategic logistics plan 500,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1323 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE E-GOVERNMENT Boosting the digital capabilities of public services in the Dominican Republic 380,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1329 WATER AND SANITATION SANITATION RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Support for the Organization of the LATINOSAN Event in the Dominican Republic 200,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1311 SOCIAL INVESTMENT LABOR POLICY Support to the First Future and Green Skills Council for the development of a talent pipeline to drive sustainable and future jobs. 300,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1320 HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES Support for Developing a Sustainable Medical Waste Management System in the Dominican Republic 250,000.00 Implementation Jul. 30, 2025
DR-T1330 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MODERNIZATION & ADMINIST OFJUSTICE Strengthening citizen security in the Dominican Republic 250,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1301 SOCIAL INVESTMENT GENDER EQUALITY & WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT Support for the implementation of the service model and the design of its impact evaluation for the Women's Comprehensive Development Centers (CEDI-Mujer) in the Dominican Republic 600,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1332 Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
DR-T1316 Support for the implementation of the national strategic logistics plan
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 500,000.00
DR-T1323 Boosting the digital capabilities of public services in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 380,000.00
DR-T1329 Support for the Organization of the LATINOSAN Event in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
DR-T1311 Support to the First Future and Green Skills Council for the development of a talent pipeline to drive sustainable and future jobs.
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
DR-T1320 Support for Developing a Sustainable Medical Waste Management System in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Jul. 30, 2025
  • Financing: 250,000.00
DR-T1330 Strengthening citizen security in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 250,000.00
DR-T1301 Support for the implementation of the service model and the design of its impact evaluation for the Women's Comprehensive Development Centers (CEDI-Mujer) in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
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Country Office
Katharina B. Falkner-Olmedo Representante país Rep Dominicana. Desarrollo Social - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID
Katharina B. Falkner-Olmedo
IDB Country Representative in Dominican Republic
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

Dominican Republic is one of the founding member countries of the IDB. Like all the shareholders, Dominican Republic appoints a Governor, who represents the country on the Board of Governors.

For day-to-day business at the Bank's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Dominican Republic is represented by a chair on the Board of Executive Directors. The chair, shared with Mexico, is headed by an Executive Director, who is elected to a three-year term by the Governors of the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Country representation

Executive Director: Erick Jose Limas Maldonado

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Ernesto Alejandro Selman Mejia

ELECTED BY: Dominican Republic and Mexico

Total Contribution: 16,800,400

Number of votes: 86,452

of the institution's ownership

Address: Calle César Nicolás Penson esquina 

Calle Leopoldo Navarro Sector Gascue

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana

Calle César Nicolás Penson esquina 

Calle Leopoldo Navarro Sector Gascue

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana

Phone number: (T) (1-809) 784-6400

Fax number: (T) (1-809) 562-2607

E-mail:  [email protected]

Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Dominican Republic!
Subscribe
Aug 21, 2025
Code4Dev | Learn to Implement the Open Source Tool OpenCRVS
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
United States of America - Outro
Aug 25 - 27, 2025
Focus on the Americas at World Water Week 2025
04:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Sweden - Estocolmo
Aug 26, 2025
Disinvesting for Better Health:Reflections from Colombia and the Dominican Republic
06:00 AM - 07:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.

Videos available in Spanish

CIUDADES LIMPIAS
Learn More
El camino hacia un desarrollo rural agroforestal sostenible en República Dominicana
Learn More
Más que baños, más que infraestructura: dignidad, salud y calidad de vida para los dominicanos
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

The Bank’s Country Strategy 2025–2028 aims to maximize the impact of the IDB Group in the Dominican Republic through a selective approach to its interventions. This document is intended to guide the Bank’s actions to contribute to the country’s development by strategically leveraging the resources, experience, synergies, and strategic partnerships of the three windows to address the country’s challenges more effectively.

This strategy is structured around three key pillars:

  • Strengthen human capital and social conditions: to improve living conditions through increased access to safe water and sanitation, strengthen health and social protection systems and promote skills development.
  • Advance growth led by the private sector: to expand and upgrade transportation infrastructure, enhancing electricity market efficiency, promoting sustainable mining development, building technical capacity for the agriculture sector, and facilitating greater access to finance and value-chain integration for the business sector.
  • Increase public sector efficiency and resilience: The purpose of this pillar is to strengthen the sustainability of public finances, improve the quality of public expenditure within a framework of transparency and accountability, and promote planning and regulatory improvements to enhance public management effectiveness.

The IDB Group is prepared to continue being a key strategic partner for the country by increasing support in key sectors, empowering the private sector, and mobilizing its experience and technical capacity.

hands
IDB Country Strategy with Dominican Republic 2025-2028
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
DR-T1332 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas 700,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1316 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the implementation of the national strategic logistics plan 500,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1323 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE E-GOVERNMENT Boosting the digital capabilities of public services in the Dominican Republic 380,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1329 WATER AND SANITATION SANITATION RURAL AND PERI-URBAN Support for the Organization of the LATINOSAN Event in the Dominican Republic 200,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1311 SOCIAL INVESTMENT LABOR POLICY Support to the First Future and Green Skills Council for the development of a talent pipeline to drive sustainable and future jobs. 300,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1320 HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES Support for Developing a Sustainable Medical Waste Management System in the Dominican Republic 250,000.00 Implementation Jul. 30, 2025
DR-T1301 SOCIAL INVESTMENT GENDER EQUALITY & WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT Support for the implementation of the service model and the design of its impact evaluation for the Women's Comprehensive Development Centers (CEDI-Mujer) in the Dominican Republic 600,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1302 PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS CLIMATE AND COMPETITIVENESS Support for the implementation of sectoral Executive Committees in the Dominican Republic 300,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1332 Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 700,000.00
DR-T1316 Support for the implementation of the national strategic logistics plan
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 500,000.00
DR-T1323 Boosting the digital capabilities of public services in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 380,000.00
DR-T1329 Support for the Organization of the LATINOSAN Event in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 200,000.00
DR-T1311 Support to the First Future and Green Skills Council for the development of a talent pipeline to drive sustainable and future jobs.
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
DR-T1320 Support for Developing a Sustainable Medical Waste Management System in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Jul. 30, 2025
  • Financing: 250,000.00
DR-T1301 Support for the implementation of the service model and the design of its impact evaluation for the Women's Comprehensive Development Centers (CEDI-Mujer) in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 600,000.00
DR-T1302 Support for the implementation of sectoral Executive Committees in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 300,000.00
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