The Dominican Republic has enjoyed one of the strongest growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the past 20 years. It also experiences high growth with limited poverty reduction. The available evidence strongly supports the role of three distinguishing characteristics of the Dominican economy in explaining why prosperity has not been shared more broadly in a country that does not seem to have a growth problem. With this objective...
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2017/05/05
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When growth is not enough : explaining the rigidity of poverty in the Dominican Republic
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Carneiro,Francisco Galrao; Sirtaine,Sophie.
When growth is not enough : explaining the rigidity of poverty in the Dominican Republic (Spanish). Directions in development|poverty Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/422201505723115037