- The Dominican has always been influenced by an outside body
Quick Facts
Social Problems
Understanding Wealth
Disparity:
- 57000 living with AIDS
- 1.88 Physicians/1000 people
- High risk of contracting infectious disease
- 22.22 deaths/Live births
- 13.3% unemployment rate
Quick Facts Continued
- GDP Overall-$84.94 billion (ranked 114 worldwide)
- Labor force- 4.7 million (48% of overall population)
- Labor Force Occupation:
7.3 % Agriculture
22.3% Industry
63.1 % Tourism
- Unemployment Rate- 13.3%
- Inflation Rate-8.6%
Social Problems Continued
- Crime - 157 prisoners/100'000 people
- Prostitution
- Human trafficking
- Near Haiti in Central America
Economic Disparity
- 50.5% of pop. live below poverty line
- Services are 64.8% of GDP
- GDP per capita- $9300 (ranked 114’th worldwide)
- Richest 10% of the country are responsible for 40% of the countries GDP.
- While the poorest 10% are responsible for 1.4% of the countries GDP.
- 70 % of the overall population make below the average GDP per capita.
- 50.5% of the population live below the poverty line
Understanding Dominican Politics
Spanish Colonize
the island
Sell my country
Cedes the colony
Hatian Attack
Marine Overthrow
Trujillo Molina
From Chaos, Order
Outside Interests
I'll take your sugar
Fresh Face
Hipólito Mejía
Handshake with the devil
Leonel Fernández
1795
1870
1924
1916
2000
1930
- 1961
1996
Reasons for Economic Disparity
- Outside investors play big role
#1: Lack of proper education among the Dominican Population
#2: 75% of Dominican exports are U.S. based
#3: 63.1 % of Labor force occupation is tourism
#4: Huge population compromising of people below the poverty line (42.2%)
#5: Lack of social programs for poor and uneducated population.
Works Cited
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- "Dominican Republic." U.S. Department of State. Web. 06 Feb. 2012. <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35639.htm>.
- Organization of American States. Www.oas.org. June 1996. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://www.oas.org/atip/country%20specific/TIP%20DR%20IOM%20REPORT.pdf>.
Works Cited Continued
- "Prostitution in the Dominican Republic." Dominican Republic News & Travel Information Service. Web. 06 Feb. 2012. <http://dr1.com/articles/prostitution.shtml>.
- United Nationa. Division of Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs Program on the Family. Un.org. By Godfrey St. Bernard. United Nations, 23 May 2003. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family/Publications/mtstbernard.pdf>.
- United Nations. Drugs and Crime and the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank. Worldbank,org. Mar. 2007. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLACREGTOPGENDER/Resources/Crimeandviolenceinthecaribbeanfullreport.pdf>.