Santo Domingo.- A study  of the United Nations Program for Development (UNPD) found deficient services in nine provinces, and that those along the border with Haiti are stigmatized by the disdain of the capital’s inhabitants.

The data come from the draft prepared with the collaboration with the Chamber of Deputies and members of Civil Society, to analyze the situation of human development in San Juan de la Maguana, Elías Piña, Dajabón, Montecristi, Valverde, San José de Ocoa, San Cristóbal and Peravia.

A dialogue on the development of those provinces began last night, titled “Human Development, a question of power,” which also demonstrated the strong territorial differences within the Dominican Republic.

The information gathered in 32 reports revealed common problems in all those jurisdictions, such as a deficit of trained personnel in the areas of health, education, violence in schools, with children as witnesses and victims of physical and verbal violence.

“In the provinces the woman is doubly discriminated and submitted to sexist and patriarchal relations. Ignorance of the municipalities’ law in the city councils, lack of transparency and participation in municipal management,” one of the drafts said.

UNPD coordinator Valerie Juliand said the study aims  to create a space for analysis and reflection, an exercise that allows to construct the focus on human development in the country