USAID's Investments for Economic Development in Dominican Republic - Dollars to Results
FY 2011 $8.1 M
FY 2012 $7.8 M
FY 2014 $3.6 M
Why Our Work Matters…
Economic growth creates opportunities, improves quality of life, and reduces poverty.
USAID provides training and technology transfers to help businesses produce quality products and services, such as sustainable tourism and ecotourism services, and facilitates linkages to appropriate financial institutions, other input suppliers, and output markets.
USAID's Econmic Growth Program in The Dominican Republic aims to:
- Improve linkages to domestic and international markets;
- Increase agricultural productivity and growth and;
- Promote private sector competitiveness.
![A public-private initiative in Dominican Republic boosts a region's efforts to become an ecotourism destination. Dominican child](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170125235516im_/https://results.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/dtr_country_sector_photo/public/country-sector/DR%20Economic%20Development_0.jpg?itok=Zd_jDLlx)
A public-private initiative in Dominican Republic boosts a region's efforts to become an ecotourism destination. Dominican children from the town of Barahona planted sea grapes as part of USAID's ecotourism cluster project there to help clean up the rivers and towns in key tourism regions.
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