When Prosperity is Not Shared : The Weak Links between Growth and Equity in the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has low economic mobility, with less than 2 percent of its people climbing to a higher income group during the decade, compared to an average 41 percent in the Latin America and Caribbean region as a whole. Despite improving...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO GOODS ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES BANKING CRISIS BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HEALTH BUDGETING BUSINESS CYCLES CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL MARKETS CARIBBEAN REGION CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER SCHEME CENTRAL BANK CHANGES IN POVERTY CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CIVIL SOCIETY CLEAN WATER CONSUMPTION BASKET COPING BEHAVIORS COST-EFFECTIVENESS CURRENCY CURRENCY DEPRECIATION DEBT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIMENSIONAL POVERTY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DOMESTIC BANKING ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSECURITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EQUAL ACCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURE EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY INCOMES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL POLICY FOOD BASKET FOOD NEEDS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF SHOCKS INCOME INCOME CHANGE INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME TAXES INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY REDUCTION INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET STRUCTURE MATERNAL MORTALITY MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE SHOCKS NEW POOR PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL ASSETS POLICY AREAS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY OPTIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POST-CRISIS PERIOD POST-CRISIS PERIODS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF LIFE RATE OF RETURN REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL AVERAGE REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL POPULATION REGIONAL STANDARDS REMITTANCES RETURNS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS RULE OF LAW RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TRANSIENT POOR UNDERDEVELOPED CAPITAL MARKETS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WEALTH CREATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19203348/prosperity-not-shared-weak-links-between-growth-equity-dominican-republic-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17826

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Summary:	The Dominican Republic has low economic mobility, with less than 2 percent of its people climbing to a higher income group during the decade, compared to an average 41 percent in the Latin America and Caribbean region as a whole. Despite improving access to basic goods and services such as water and education, coverage and quality remain uneven, thus limiting the economic opportunities of many disadvantaged people. This reflects their inability to influence the system to their benefit, a manifestation of weak political agency. This report uses a comprehensive definition of "equity" which entails that citizens must have equal access to opportunities, be able to live in dignity, and have the autonomy and voice to participate fully in their communities and decide on life plans that they have reason to value. This report identifies three broad goals for addressing the underlying causes of economic inequity in the Dominican Republic: (1) promote equitable, efficient, and sustainable fiscal policy; (2) build fair, transparent, and efficient institutions that will improve the provision and quality of public goods and services, expand economic opportunities, increase upward mobility, and better protect economically vulnerable Dominicans; and (3) strengthen access of the poor to labor markets and increase the demand for their labor, so as to make efficient use of human capital and allow the poor to benefit from economic growth. The analysis presented in this study analyzes mobility within generations by measuring directional income movement, that is, the net upward or downward movement in individual incomes over time. Serious analytical efforts should be devoted to understanding the apparent disconnection between macro and micro data that hinders the ability of national statistics to accurately reflect macroeconomic and social progress.

When Prosperity is Not Shared : The Weak Links between Growth and Equity in the Dominican Republic

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