In its fourth edition, the Remittances Scorecard ranks 30 companies working in 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries. It evaluates them across 12 indicators to assess their performance and competition in the money transfer industry.
Funcionarios de República Dominicana el 11 de agosto arrestaron al ex ministro de Defensa, Pedro Rafael Peña Antonio y a varios otros por presuntamente aceptar US$3,5 millones en sobornos a cambio de un contrato de defensa. Las detenciones se producen mientras Félix Bautista, un senador del Partido de la Liberación Democrática, del presidente Danilo Medina, está siendo investigado por las autoridades haitianas por contratos sobrevalorados y contribuciones ilegales de campaña.¿Está empeorando la corrupción en República Dominicana, o estos casos recientes sugieren que los fiscales están haciendo progresos en la lucha contra la corrupción?
La República Dominicana muestra progresos importantes en el sector educativo, pero todavía quedan espacios de mejora.
Despite the importance of teachers in the learning process, systems for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting teachers remain deficient.
This report card seeks to strengthen the capacity of national groups to analyze education policy in the Dominican Republic.
This report card seeks to strengthen the capacity of national groups to analyze education policy in El Salvador
Despite the economic importance of migration, Central American governments have lacked integral policies to leverage migration for development.
The education law and the various decennial and operation plans of education have specifically presented a policy of education participation, where the community, families and organizations non-governmental are stimulated to integrate in the development of education programs and projects.
Dominican politics are vibrant yet patrimonial.
Members of Congress met with policy experts and government officials to discuss violence and crime in the region.
Will Central American governments spend the money effectively? Do the countries in the isthmus have a good plan to fight the drug cartels?
Since its creation in 1995, the Program for Education Reform Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean (Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (PREAL) has proposed to contribute to the improvement of quality and equity in education through the enhancement of education policies,…
In collaboration with the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL) a consortium of organizations including the Center for Research in Education and Human Development (CIEDHUMANO) of the Pontifical Catholic University (PUCMM), the Faculty for Latin American Social Sciences (FLACSO-DR), and Action for Basic Education (EDUCA) developed an initiative…
Entre el año 2000 y 2005 se han hecho diversos esfuerzos por conocer y dimensionar el problema del trabajo infantil en República Dominicana, entre los que se encuentra la Encuesta Nacional del Trabajo Infantil (ENTI) del año 2000, la Encuesta de Fuerza de Trabajo (ENFT) realizada en 2004 por el Banco Central de la República Dominicana y…
The need to achieve significant improvements in education has been a matter of concern for the Dominican society along the last two decades. This interest grew with the implementation of the Ten-Year Education Plan in the early 90s, a joint initiative with civil societies, the government and international organizations against…
