Macao beach, growth in tourism.
Santo Domingo.- The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) holds Dominican Republic’s growth projection steady at 4.5% for this year and the next, which was also the same as last year.
An ECLAC report released today said Panama will top the region’s economic growth, at 9.5% in 2012 and 7% in 2013, followed by Haiti, at 6% this year and 7.5% next year.
The study adds that growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will fall 3.2% in 2012 on a slumping global economy, but noted that despite the slowdown, most countries can respond to the global adversity.
Written by: Danilo, 2 Oct 2012 12:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
Haiti!? Is that a typo!?
Anyway, good job! Their progress is our progress since we wont have to deal with the immigration issue.
From: Dominican Republic
Sorry...that is not Macao Beach in the photo and if the country knows what is best...it will designate Macao Beach a National Park....but...they won't.
Written by: Atabey, 2 Oct 2012 2:41 PM
From: United States, NYC
Haiti is one of the few countries that will continue to get basically free loans or handouts for the next decade or so. Europeans and Americans, plus Canadians and the rest will continue to finance several important developments in Haiti as long as things don't get out of hand. But it will take a good half-decade before life is measurably better for most and even more time before Haiti's masses see the positive results. In the mean time, have no doubts that the Joseans of Haiti will be trying to see all the negatives and pushing for labor actions detrimental to the future prosperity of Haiti.
Poor nations generally have become poor over a very long stretch of time; in Haiti's case that is factually correct. It will take a long time, 30-50 years, of good management and stability to see through the program needed to resurrect the dismal state of affairs in Haiti.
Written by: Johny, 2 Oct 2012 2:44 PM
From: United States, Slovak Republic
Santo Domingo economy will grow.
Punta Cana economy will grow.
Barahona economy will NOT grow.
etc.
Written by: Danilo, 2 Oct 2012 2:59 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
The joseans of haiti will not have that effect on haiti cause they are always here on this site ready to spit their venom.
Written by: josean, 2 Oct 2012 3:47 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
If the economy does so “Good” how come the average Dominican is doing so poorly!
Written by: josean, 2 Oct 2012 3:47 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
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From: United States, EN PUNTA CANA: Jose H Con Leonel 2016!
REMINDER: The smaller your economy the higher the potencial growth porcentage to achieve...
HOTEL @ plaza coral punta cana
INICIO: 17 Septiembre 2012
CONCLUSIÓN: 29 Octubre 2012
INAUGURACIÓN: Sábado 24 Noviembre 2012
INFORMACIÓN: info@plazacoral.net
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Written by: josean, 2 Oct 2012 4:01 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"Trujillo to the present day"
“The question is are we better or worse that 40 or 50 years ago?
Let's see. Before, they killed enemies of the regime and then the Communists, now kill three times as many people regardless of ideology or party that governs.
In earlier times, the crime and drugs just felt today feel in every corner of the country and in every corner of the cities, annexing the lives of Dominicans.
continued:
Written by: josean, 2 Oct 2012 4:03 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"Before, we hardly felt delinquency and drugs, now you felling in every corner of the country. There was individual public corruption, today there is a brutal looting of the public coffers by a Corporate gang frozen in the power.
Earlier, public debt hardly existed today we owe the equivalent of a quarter of the half island we occupy, where 50% of the population remains poor.
Earlier, health and education were precarious, but many public schools and hospitals exceeded the quality of the private ones. Today these public services not fit even for animals.
Read the rest at:
"De Trujillo hasta nuestros días"
"Es una desgracia después de tantas vidas entregadas por la patria para que seamos un mejor país."
acento.com.do/index.php/blog/6143/78/De-Trujillo-hasta-nuestros-dias.html
Written by: Atabey, 2 Oct 2012 10:47 PM
From: United States, NYC
My first time back to DR in the 1970s saw many examples of poorly fed, sullen and emaciated Dominicans in the streets. Electricity was a major problem, potable water and sanitation, too. Education was a joke for most Dominicans. Sure you had some private schools, La Salle, etc., for for the vast majority of the population it was poor if not completely lacking, especially in the rural areas. The average age or lifespan for most Dominicans was under 60 years of life.
The explosive population growth of the 1950-60 was beginning to overwhelm the capacity to manage the huge numbers moving from the rural areas to the urban centers of the nation. The vast shanty towns and urban poverty pockets increased enormously after Trujillo's death.
Just some prospective.
Written by: kinodeon, 3 Oct 2012 12:12 AM
From: Indonesia
Dominican economy offcourse can be growth
Written by: Atabey, 3 Oct 2012 8:41 AM
From: United States, NYC
Facts:
"Life expectancy at birth in the Dominican Republic has increased from 52 years in 1960 to 73 years in 2008, which is higher than the global average of 69 years in 2008."
"The proportion of urban population has increased from 30% in 1960 to 67% in 2005, which is higher than the global average of 49% in 2005."
"Coverage of antenatal care has improved among all wealth quintile groups, except the 4th quintile, between 1996 and 2007. Inequalities between the urban wealthiest and poorest persist despite increased coverage of antenatal care."
"1-year-old children from the poorest urban quintile (1996-2007) were least likely to have been vaccinated against measles compared to all wealthier urban quintiles and children from rural areas."
*Data from latest year available from 2005-2009 World Bank Data.
**Data from latest year available from 2003-2009 Demographic Health Survey.
***Data from 2003 World Health Survey.
Written by: josean, 3 Oct 2012 10:03 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Figures don't lie but liars figure!
From: United States
says Atabey
"The proportion of urban population has increased from 30% in 1960 to 67% in 2005, which is higher than the global average of 49% in 2005."
which is NOT a good thing.
Written by: Atabey, 4 Oct 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States, NYC
Dready,
If adequate steps have not been taken to house such a massive moment from the rural to the urban areas, I agree. And that's exactly what happened during this period. After the assassination of the Trujillo the nation witnessed a massive shift towards the centers of urban life and simply overwhelmed this urban areas, creating shanty towns or "barriors" and urban sprawl.
Family planning wasn't implemented until far down the road and this increased population pressure across the board.
Low levels of taxation and investment prevented, in part, much needed infrastructural developments. Immigration helped to alleviate some of the pressures, but probably needed to have been twice or treble the stream out of the country to have had a neutral effect on the urban areas.
But the worst part was not re-articulating the national economy towards export growth. Low paying but plentiful jobs would have been the first stage in developing the national economy towards prosper
Written by: Atabey, 4 Oct 2012 8:11 AM
From: United States, NYC
And for that set of mis-steps Dominicans can only truly blame their own leaders and their collective lack of forward thinking.
Written by: josean, 4 Oct 2012 8:44 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
This can be undone!
Written by: josean, 4 Oct 2012 8:46 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Or at minimum stopped from further slumming the Santo Calcutta!!
Written by: danny00, 4 Oct 2012 9:54 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
tell me how they will sustain these numbers if in fact they are true WITH OUT AN EDUCATED WORK FORCE?
CHOO CHOO TRAIN.
ALL ABOARD
Written by: danny00, 4 Oct 2012 10:00 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
lots of money in the world today for investments, but the truth of the matter is not many investments to make in todays world.
the dr wants and seeks more tourists. thats a good thing for the country but why dont they clean up the country 1st and get some formal education for the young? when this happens then the dr might grow and have a real future for all.
{if your selling your home dont u clean it up before?}
the choo choo train and the taking of futrue of 1,000's of young dominicans.
all aboard.
From: United States
says HaitiKing
Written by: HAITIking, 11 Oct 2012 5:51 PM
From: Canada
@Danilo
Haiti is a popular stop destination for poker cruises
really? you mean Labadee, right? Haiti does not make more than a few dollars from that event, if it makes anything at all.
From: Haiti
World's worst places: Top 10 places you do not want to visit in 2012.
10. Harare, Zimbabwe.
flickr.com/photos/bayhaus/4813484926/sizes/l/in/photostream/
9. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
gadling.com/photos/worlds-worst-cities/4715541/#4715541
8. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
flickr.com/photos/julien_harneis/2293485963/sizes/l/in/photostream/
7. Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
flipflopflyin.com/g/2008/05/rocinha/
6. Sana'a, Yemen.
10-most.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yemeni_soldier_execute_a_man.jpg
5. West Point, Monrovia, Liberia.
flickr.com/photos/littleknoll/2767769448/
4. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
flickr.com/photos/scazon/3036894037/
3.Haiti.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Cite_Soleil_-_Home_to_500_000.JPG
2. Kandahar, Afghanistan.
.flickr.com/photos/camafghanistancam/3233561607/
1. Mogadishu, Somalia.
flickr.com/photos/ctsnow/851684097/
From: United States
says HaitiKing
That s what you think " Tourism Genius "
Even if it didn't , just to show that things are going on .
The visitors get off and buy drinks , local art , ears sandals from the local merchant shops , etc......
the compound is cordoned off to the public. Local Haitians cannot even get near to the ship. tell that to some guy who you associate with, not to people who study tourism in the region.
From: United States
HaitiKing, just in case you think cruise ships are open to Haitians
Royal Romance can arrange a shoreside Vow Renewal Ceremony on Labadee, Haiti—Royal Caribbean's own private beach cordoned off from the rest of the island; and the rest of the world. Imagine you and your partner taking the plunge all over again in a shoreside excursion at the romantic and secluded Dragon's Point Beach.
whenever you feel like arguing about tourism, go find someone at your level, and save the wisecracks for them.
From: United States
For the past twenty years Royal Caribbean exploited Haiti. Labadee became a private resort where its mostly U.S. cruise passengers pay hundreds of dollars each to buy alcohol, pay for a private cabana, rent jet skis, para-sail or, more recently, zip line. All of this money leaves Haiti and goes straight to the cruise line's coffers in Miami.
Royal Caribbean does not pay Haiti anything. Instead, the deal it struck with the despot Baby Doc requires only that the U.S. tax-paying passengers pay $6 each to have the privilege to lounge around Royal Caribbean's "private destination." Royal Caribbean has perfected its business of avoiding paying its fair share. The cruise line incorporated itself in Africa and registered its cruise ships in Africa and the Bahamas in order to avoid U.S. taxes, safety regulations, labor and wage laws.
From: United States
HaitiKing, do you think anyone in a Dominican site cares if one day Haiti will get electricity?
From: United States
says HaitiKing
You said that Haitians are nt allowed , it's whom so ever can afford Labadie can go there , the artisans and other things , such as shops etc ... Are also owned by Haitians , the island is rented not bought .
yes, the 20 people in Haiti who can afford to pay 30 US dollars to get inside the compound.
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Anyway, good job! Their progress is our progress since we wont have to deal with the immigration issue.
Haiti is one of the few countries that will continue to get basically free loans or handouts for the next decade or so. Europeans and Americans, plus Canadians and the rest will continue to finance several important developments in Haiti as long as things don't get out of hand. But it will take a good half-decade before life is measurably better for most and even more time before Haiti's masses see the positive results. In the mean time, have no doubts that the Joseans of Haiti will be trying to see all the negatives and pushing for labor actions detrimental to the future prosperity of Haiti.
Poor nations generally have become poor over a very long stretch of time; in Haiti's case that is factually correct. It will take a long time, 30-50 years, of good management and stability to see through the program needed to resurrect the dismal state of affairs in Haiti.
Punta Cana economy will grow.
Barahona economy will NOT grow.
etc.
If the economy does so “Good” how come the average Dominican is doing so poorly!
REMINDER: The smaller your economy the higher the potencial growth porcentage to achieve...
HOTEL @ plaza coral punta cana
INICIO: 17 Septiembre 2012
CONCLUSIÓN: 29 Octubre 2012
INAUGURACIÓN: Sábado 24 Noviembre 2012
INFORMACIÓN: info@plazacoral.net
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151067916906892&set=pb.270651346891.-2207520000.1349207451&type=1&theater
8-)
"Trujillo to the present day"
“The question is are we better or worse that 40 or 50 years ago?
Let's see. Before, they killed enemies of the regime and then the Communists, now kill three times as many people regardless of ideology or party that governs.
In earlier times, the crime and drugs just felt today feel in every corner of the country and in every corner of the cities, annexing the lives of Dominicans.
continued:
"Before, we hardly felt delinquency and drugs, now you felling in every corner of the country. There was individual public corruption, today there is a brutal looting of the public coffers by a Corporate gang frozen in the power.
Earlier, public debt hardly existed today we owe the equivalent of a quarter of the half island we occupy, where 50% of the population remains poor.
Earlier, health and education were precarious, but many public schools and hospitals exceeded the quality of the private ones. Today these public services not fit even for animals.
Read the rest at:
"De Trujillo hasta nuestros días"
"Es una desgracia después de tantas vidas entregadas por la patria para que seamos un mejor país."
acento.com.do/index.php/blog/6143/78/De-Trujillo-hasta-nuestros-dias.html
My first time back to DR in the 1970s saw many examples of poorly fed, sullen and emaciated Dominicans in the streets. Electricity was a major problem, potable water and sanitation, too. Education was a joke for most Dominicans. Sure you had some private schools, La Salle, etc., for for the vast majority of the population it was poor if not completely lacking, especially in the rural areas. The average age or lifespan for most Dominicans was under 60 years of life.
The explosive population growth of the 1950-60 was beginning to overwhelm the capacity to manage the huge numbers moving from the rural areas to the urban centers of the nation. The vast shanty towns and urban poverty pockets increased enormously after Trujillo's death.
Just some prospective.
Facts:
"Life expectancy at birth in the Dominican Republic has increased from 52 years in 1960 to 73 years in 2008, which is higher than the global average of 69 years in 2008."
"The proportion of urban population has increased from 30% in 1960 to 67% in 2005, which is higher than the global average of 49% in 2005."
"Coverage of antenatal care has improved among all wealth quintile groups, except the 4th quintile, between 1996 and 2007. Inequalities between the urban wealthiest and poorest persist despite increased coverage of antenatal care."
"1-year-old children from the poorest urban quintile (1996-2007) were least likely to have been vaccinated against measles compared to all wealthier urban quintiles and children from rural areas."
*Data from latest year available from 2005-2009 World Bank Data.
**Data from latest year available from 2003-2009 Demographic Health Survey.
***Data from 2003 World Health Survey.
Figures don't lie but liars figure!
"The proportion of urban population has increased from 30% in 1960 to 67% in 2005, which is higher than the global average of 49% in 2005."
which is NOT a good thing.
Dready,
If adequate steps have not been taken to house such a massive moment from the rural to the urban areas, I agree. And that's exactly what happened during this period. After the assassination of the Trujillo the nation witnessed a massive shift towards the centers of urban life and simply overwhelmed this urban areas, creating shanty towns or "barriors" and urban sprawl.
Family planning wasn't implemented until far down the road and this increased population pressure across the board.
Low levels of taxation and investment prevented, in part, much needed infrastructural developments. Immigration helped to alleviate some of the pressures, but probably needed to have been twice or treble the stream out of the country to have had a neutral effect on the urban areas.
But the worst part was not re-articulating the national economy towards export growth. Low paying but plentiful jobs would have been the first stage in developing the national economy towards prosper
And for that set of mis-steps Dominicans can only truly blame their own leaders and their collective lack of forward thinking.
This can be undone!
Or at minimum stopped from further slumming the Santo Calcutta!!
CHOO CHOO TRAIN.
ALL ABOARD
the dr wants and seeks more tourists. thats a good thing for the country but why dont they clean up the country 1st and get some formal education for the young? when this happens then the dr might grow and have a real future for all.
{if your selling your home dont u clean it up before?}
the choo choo train and the taking of futrue of 1,000's of young dominicans.
all aboard.
Written by: HAITIking, 11 Oct 2012 5:51 PM
From: Canada
@Danilo
Haiti is a popular stop destination for poker cruises
really? you mean Labadee, right? Haiti does not make more than a few dollars from that event, if it makes anything at all.
10. Harare, Zimbabwe.
flickr.com/photos/bayhaus/4813484926/sizes/l/in/photostream/
9. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
gadling.com/photos/worlds-worst-cities/4715541/#4715541
8. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
flickr.com/photos/julien_harneis/2293485963/sizes/l/in/photostream/
7. Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
flipflopflyin.com/g/2008/05/rocinha/
6. Sana'a, Yemen.
10-most.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yemeni_soldier_execute_a_man.jpg
5. West Point, Monrovia, Liberia.
flickr.com/photos/littleknoll/2767769448/
4. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
flickr.com/photos/scazon/3036894037/
3.Haiti.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Cite_Soleil_-_Home_to_500_000.JPG
2. Kandahar, Afghanistan.
.flickr.com/photos/camafghanistancam/3233561607/
1. Mogadishu, Somalia.
flickr.com/photos/ctsnow/851684097/
That s what you think " Tourism Genius "
Even if it didn't , just to show that things are going on .
The visitors get off and buy drinks , local art , ears sandals from the local merchant shops , etc......
the compound is cordoned off to the public. Local Haitians cannot even get near to the ship. tell that to some guy who you associate with, not to people who study tourism in the region.
Royal Romance can arrange a shoreside Vow Renewal Ceremony on Labadee, Haiti—Royal Caribbean's own private beach cordoned off from the rest of the island; and the rest of the world. Imagine you and your partner taking the plunge all over again in a shoreside excursion at the romantic and secluded Dragon's Point Beach.
whenever you feel like arguing about tourism, go find someone at your level, and save the wisecracks for them.
Royal Caribbean does not pay Haiti anything. Instead, the deal it struck with the despot Baby Doc requires only that the U.S. tax-paying passengers pay $6 each to have the privilege to lounge around Royal Caribbean's "private destination." Royal Caribbean has perfected its business of avoiding paying its fair share. The cruise line incorporated itself in Africa and registered its cruise ships in Africa and the Bahamas in order to avoid U.S. taxes, safety regulations, labor and wage laws.
You said that Haitians are nt allowed , it's whom so ever can afford Labadie can go there , the artisans and other things , such as shops etc ... Are also owned by Haitians , the island is rented not bought .
yes, the 20 people in Haiti who can afford to pay 30 US dollars to get inside the compound.