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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
BIDDominicana@iadb.org

 

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: Mario Alejandro Gaytan Gonzalez

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:  BIDDominicana@iadb.org

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May 19, 2025
EconNet: Information and Macroeconomic Expectations: Global Evidence
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2025
Planes de inversiones en salud: ¿en qué invertir y cómo hacerlo?
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 26 - 27, 2025
The 15th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network (TIGN)
05:00 AM - 05:00 AM
Uruguay - Montevidéu

Videos available in Spanish

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

The IDB Group’s Country Strategy for the Dominican Republic (2021-2024) aims to support the country in achieving robust and sustainable economic growth. This strategy focuses on fostering inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development through three key areas:

  1. Enhancement of Public Management and Fiscal Institutional Structure: Improving public sector efficiency and strengthening fiscal institutions to support economic stability.
  2. Sustainable and Inclusive Productive Reactivation: Promoting sustainable economic activities that boost productivity and inclusivity across various sectors.
  3. Strengthening Human Capital: Investing in human resources to enhance skills, opportunities, and overall workforce capacity.

The strategy will also address crosscutting issues such as gender equality, diversity, climate change adaptation, digitalization, institutional capacity, and rule of law, with a strong focus on transparency. These areas build on the IDB Group’s previous strategic period, with an increased emphasis on productivity, inclusivity, and institutional strengthening.

Country strategies remain effective beyond their initial period, continuing to guide actions during the development of subsequent strategies, ensuring sustained impact and alignment with evolving goals

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IDB Country Strategy with Dominican Republic 2021-2024
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
DR-T1303 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION Knowledge Exchange on Improving Transparency for Extractive Industries in the Caribbean 20,000.00 Implementation Oct. 30, 2024
DR-L1173 SOCIAL INVESTMENT HUMAN RESOURCES & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESICLA: Technology for the Valorization of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) in the Dominican Republic - Preparation
DR-T1325 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas 2,000,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1309 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE DECENTRALIZATION & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Support to the Design of the RD 2036 Master Plan to Duplicate its Economy by 2036 2,000,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1317 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IDB CLIMA: Support the preparation and execution of the Program Integral and Sustainable Territorial Development 800,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1327 TRANSPORT ROAD MAINTENANCE Emerging technologies for bridge infrastructure management in the Dominican Republic 424,900.00 Preparation
DR-T1312 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Policy in the Dominican Republic 500,000.00 Preparation
DR-L1170 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING URBAN LAND PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Integrated Territorial and Sustainable Development Program - Preparation
DR-T1303 Knowledge Exchange on Improving Transparency for Extractive Industries in the Caribbean
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 30, 2024
  • Financing: 20,000.00
DR-L1173 RESICLA: Technology for the Valorization of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
DR-T1325 Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
DR-T1309 Support to the Design of the RD 2036 Master Plan to Duplicate its Economy by 2036
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
DR-T1317 IDB CLIMA: Support the preparation and execution of the Program Integral and Sustainable Territorial Development
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 800,000.00
DR-T1327 Emerging technologies for bridge infrastructure management in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 424,900.00
DR-T1312 Support for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Policy in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 500,000.00
DR-L1170 Integrated Territorial and Sustainable Development Program
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
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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
BIDDominicana@iadb.org

 

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: Mario Alejandro Gaytan Gonzalez

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:  BIDDominicana@iadb.org

Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Dominican Republic!
Subscribe
May 19, 2025
EconNet: Information and Macroeconomic Expectations: Global Evidence
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2025
Planes de inversiones en salud: ¿en qué invertir y cómo hacerlo?
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
May 26 - 27, 2025
The 15th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network (TIGN)
05:00 AM - 05:00 AM
Uruguay - Montevidéu

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 IDB Group’s Country Strategy for the Dominican Republic (2021-2024) aims to support the country in achieving robust and sustainable economic growth. This strategy focuses on fostering inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development through three key areas:

  1. Enhancement of Public Management and Fiscal Institutional Structure: Improving public sector efficiency and strengthening fiscal institutions to support economic stability.
  2. Sustainable and Inclusive Productive Reactivation: Promoting sustainable economic activities that boost productivity and inclusivity across various sectors.
  3. Strengthening Human Capital: Investing in human resources to enhance skills, opportunities, and overall workforce capacity.

The strategy will also address crosscutting issues such as gender equality, diversity, climate change adaptation, digitalization, institutional capacity, and rule of law, with a strong focus on transparency. These areas build on the IDB Group’s previous strategic period, with an increased emphasis on productivity, inclusivity, and institutional strengthening.

Country strategies remain effective beyond their initial period, continuing to guide actions during the development of subsequent strategies, ensuring sustained impact and alignment with evolving goals

hands
IDB Country Strategy with Dominican Republic 2021-2024
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
DR-T1303 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION Knowledge Exchange on Improving Transparency for Extractive Industries in the Caribbean 20,000.00 Implementation Oct. 30, 2024
DR-L1173 SOCIAL INVESTMENT HUMAN RESOURCES & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESICLA: Technology for the Valorization of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) in the Dominican Republic - Preparation
DR-T1325 TRADE EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas 2,000,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1309 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE DECENTRALIZATION & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Support to the Design of the RD 2036 Master Plan to Duplicate its Economy by 2036 2,000,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1317 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IDB CLIMA: Support the preparation and execution of the Program Integral and Sustainable Territorial Development 800,000.00 Preparation
DR-T1327 TRANSPORT ROAD MAINTENANCE Emerging technologies for bridge infrastructure management in the Dominican Republic 424,900.00 Preparation
DR-T1312 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORKS CONNECTIVITY Support for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Policy in the Dominican Republic 500,000.00 Preparation
DR-L1170 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING URBAN LAND PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Integrated Territorial and Sustainable Development Program - Preparation
DR-T1303 Knowledge Exchange on Improving Transparency for Extractive Industries in the Caribbean
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Implementation
  • Approval Date: Oct. 30, 2024
  • Financing: 20,000.00
DR-L1173 RESICLA: Technology for the Valorization of End-of-Life Tires (ELT) in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
DR-T1325 Boosting Public-Private Collaboration to Strengthen Economic Integration in the Americas
  • Sector: TRADE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
DR-T1309 Support to the Design of the RD 2036 Master Plan to Duplicate its Economy by 2036
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 2,000,000.00
DR-T1317 IDB CLIMA: Support the preparation and execution of the Program Integral and Sustainable Territorial Development
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 800,000.00
DR-T1327 Emerging technologies for bridge infrastructure management in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 424,900.00
DR-T1312 Support for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Policy in the Dominican Republic
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: 500,000.00
DR-L1170 Integrated Territorial and Sustainable Development Program
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
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