New York.– The report "Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for
All" ranks Chile as the country with higher living
standards in Latin America and the Caribbean. Further down
in the classification of "medium human development" is
Dominican Republic at number 98.
According to the report, released by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), behind Chile (44) are
Argentina (45), Barbados (47), Uruguay (48)
and Cuba (51) as the best places to live in the region.
Behind those five countries the list continues with Panama (58), Antigua
and Barbuda (60),
Trinidad and Tobago (62), Granada (67), Costa
Rica (69), Saint Kitts and Nevis (72),
Venezuela (73), Jamaica (79), Peru (80),
Dominica (81), Santa Lucia (82),
Ecuador (83), Brazil (84), St. Vincent and the
Grenadines (85) and Colombia (87).
El
Salvador (105), Paraguay (107), Bolivia (108),
Guyana (117), Honduras (121), Nicaragua (129) and
Guatemala (131) are in the "medium human development" category.
Globally, Norway is the country that leads
the Human Development Index released by the UN, followed
by Australia, Holland, USA, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland,
Liechtenstein, Germany and Sweden to complete the top ten
rankings that has into account the income, life expectancy and
level of education in each country.
Written by: josean, 5 Nov 2011 1:22 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
What ever happened to the MARCO-METROLANDIA Economic Miracle of Lie-onel "Noriega" Fernandez?
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago de los 30 Caballeros
I hope this article will be insightful to the tourism and skyscraper loving dumb-asses who think that we have made it because we have shiny buildings and third world employment wages.
Written by: danny00, 5 Nov 2011 1:35 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
i hope this article will insightful to the tourism and skyscraper loving dumb-asses.
most tourists never come back for 2nd's
the only ones that do are the ones that meet their love of their life., but this is short lived as u know. once they get ripped off by the chica and her dominican pimp they are also gone but with a few dollars less in their pockets.
Written by: josean, 5 Nov 2011 1:38 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
“Due to lack of resources, expensive equipment that is designed to monitor the border is beginning to show signs of damage.”
“The military and logistics equipment that was deposited at the border a year and 8 months ago, according to a source consulted by reporters of Acento.com.do, have visible signs of deterioration.”
" SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-equipment acquired by the armed forces two years ago, to be installed at the land border with Haiti and ensure integrity Dominican territory, is at risk of deteriorating for lack of resources for installation."
I wonder how has the resposibilty for providing these resources?
http://www.acento.com.do/index.ph....ipos-para-cuidar-la-frontera.htmlFrom: United States
Hum..let me see..
This article mention Argentina with a high position when a large number of people are now living on the street literally..
Cuba with a good rating..with one of the best place to be living.. Ask the people in Miami..
Colombia in a better position..
I dont think I should really trust this article..should I?
Written by: MarkS, 5 Nov 2011 2:56 PM
From: Dominican Republic, w/a NY State mailing address
The photo reminds me of how many high-rise buildings are built in the capital.... I guess many builders have not heard of I - beams, girders, and rivets. So many blocks and so much cement... but not so much steel. They are built like normal houses, just piled on top of one another- with just a little rebar in them to bind the cement and bind them together. I feel sorry for the people living in them, as these buildings can all come tumbling down like toy blocks in an earthquake.
From: Turkey, Ham & Cheese
Written by: antonio1, 5 Nov 2011 3:34 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
It truly amazes me how outwardly intelligent this report is…. Cuba ranked in the top tier of countries with the highest standard of living? … 51 out of 179?….. These guys are idiots.
Written by: BASTA, 5 Nov 2011 3:37 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
with just a little rebar in them to bind the cement and bind them together= It still will not bind. Cement needs to be kept 90% moist for a week to cure. Here they pour and than walk. Just look at the cracks in these buildings. and the Metro was buit the same way. Just look at the Autopista. Holes,cracks everywhere.
From: Turkey, Ham & Cheese
I think the way they come up with these statistics is flawed. It doesn't take into account how happy and satisfied with life people are. GDP per capita is so overrated.
From: United States, Brooklyn
I see Josean recovered from the Cholera, thanks to our fine medical system for illegal haitians!
Written by: mcruz, 5 Nov 2011 5:24 PM
From: Dominican Republic
@ohhhvictor
Do a little research. Cuba may not be the bast place to live when it comes to having freedom, but this is the "human development index" in other words. Quality of life such as: How long do people live (Cuba is one of the highest because of their medical system), literacy rate (one again Cuba is one of the highest in the world). No, you cannot speak out against the government and your chances of making it rich are small then in other places, but when it comes to the things that are actually measured for this survey they are actually in great shape. So yes, freedom is low... but last I checked that's not something that is measured on these surveys.
mcruz
http://www.onecellular.comWritten by: danny00, 5 Nov 2011 5:37 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
bullshit cuba's medical system is way over rated.
i live around many cubans go speak with them and then u see the truth.
cuba is a place for the ones that are lazy pieces of s...t and dont want to work, all they do all day and night is drink and have sex.
wait for the month to start and the castro brothers give each family one f***ing chicken
yes thats correct 1 chicken per family for the month. f**k their medical they better get some food on the table for their people.
Written by: frank, 5 Nov 2011 6:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Caberete, Norway, USA
Mcruz is absolutely right.
Cuba doesn't have much in the way of freedom--in fact it sucks! but, for those who have been there and spent time there, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how much better their education system is and their literacy rate is one of the highest in the world. in fact, compared to most of south america, it's thru the roof high literacy! and everyone gets free health care. Yes, Everyone! and dropping out of school is illegal in Cuba!
Yeah, the political system absolutely sucks, and it's nearly impossible to get rich their no matter how bright you are but, you cannot deny their education and medical system as being one of the best.
PS. I've only been there a couple of times, 1998, 2000, so maybe things have changed a lot since i was last there.
FRank
Written by: PENJO, 5 Nov 2011 6:20 PM
From: United States
Hahahahahaha..... How can Dominicans spend time thinking about education when they are busy wondering how to become millionaires of some how or sort? Pun intended! Yes, but very true at the same time. It is preposterous when commonly a conversation of any etiology among Dominican fiends ends up rather sooner in discussion of X many dollars equal X many thousands or millions or who has this or that much or the best car somewhere town in Dominican. It seems that there is nothing else to talk about. So even with little facts at hands it appears that Education or other subjects are totally unimportant for the common Dominican encountered on daily basis. And of course, THE CULPRIT government that does little to nothing to control the situation. Oh well, Dominican is in a free fall in a abyss. Its officials are aware. But who cares? Dominican is a fat COW being milked the hell with the COW. Let's keep running it further into the abyss. Dominican The most EXPENSIVE place in the CARIBBEAN.
Written by: Regan, 5 Nov 2011 6:27 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The UN is an example of a multi-leveled latrine. It's a joke! The folks that run it are the has-beens of their own country because their sorry ideas have failed at that level. China gets really high marks as their environment is so clean, or is it low unemployment (for those under 10 years of age), or perhaps it's their fantastic maternity care (for the first child). As far as the perfect scandinavian life styles go, their success in civilization is from practically being isolated from each other, Ja, let the guv deal with them. They really don't like each other. Remember, the UN has done such a fantastic job in Haiti, importing a special Nepalese-an cholera in the process.
From: United States
I dont care what they say , I LOVE THIS PLACE
Written by: ateo2010 
, 6 Nov 2011 12:57 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
I doubt I love DR in every way:)
From: United States
I love what people post over here..
So, to be miserable and happy counts?
To live happily in a shack worth for the rest of your life it in this survey?Ask people from Cuba or Miami...No hope for the rest of your life.!
Hell No!
this survey is full of B.S.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
I ask you what freedom do the majority of my people have? Living in barrios, hungry, in need of medicine, poor education or none at all, wages so low most cannot afford to travel to work? Crime so high fear has many trapped in their neighborhoods. Transportation impossible. Police corrupt that routinely stop and demand 100 - 300 pesos from the impoverished. A justice system that supports this behavior. A President who is now a multi-millionare and no one knows where the money came from. Drugs cheaper than rice. Combustibles so high even pasola owners try to economize.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Our own MC the wife of LF spending 70K in one day on hats gloves and other frivolous items. Children die every day from hunger, parasites and other diseases. Shopping with money from the pueblo.
Visit my Quisqueya and then talk about freedom. Who is freedom for? The rich in Cuba live the same as the rich in DR off the backs and at the expense of the poor.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
MCRUZ I have visited Cuba many times. I have family there. Unless you know Cuba and unless you know my Quisqueya then do not juxtapose the 2. There are more similarities than differences. Most of my poeple live in substandard conditions and LF cares not. MC the VP candidate for the PLD shops with money from the pueblo so she can erase the origins of her past. She is a snake and he is canalla. Freedom ??? What is freedom if the rich and poor alike cannot co exist with equal rights? Wake up MCRUZ
Written by: mcruz, 6 Nov 2011 11:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic
@CarmenReyes
I do not recall mentioning the DR in my post. You may want to go over it again and pay attention to what is actually said. Never once did I "juxtapose" the 2 and congrats on all your travels. As for me knowing "your" Quisqueya perhaps being born and raised there would qualify me as such... Balaguer? lived through some of it as I am on the young side, Pena Gomez fiasco? check, Leonel 1st go around? Yes sir, Hipolito? You damn skippy, Leonel 2nd go around? half and half! Being on the poor side? If I had enough space here I would tell you all the stories going all the way back to my grand father. However, some of us decided to make something of our selves and not accept the all around poverty that plagues many of our people. Right now I live between South Florida and San Cristobal, so you tell me do I qualify as a Quisqueyano?
My recommendation to you: Lets not make claims like that without knowing whom we are talking about.
As for the rest of your claims... Respec
Written by: mcruz, 6 Nov 2011 11:39 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Lastly, i hope to never see mi sangre dominicana questioned and much less by one of my own!
Have a great day and remember this great quote by Gandhi:
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Mcruz
http://www.onecellular.comFrom: Netherlands
Who cares about a survey like this? Viva la Republica Dominicana! (although I am happy Holland is #3)
Written by: raulm, 6 Nov 2011 7:33 PM
From: United States
this survey seem right. i am sure no one was paid off.
Written by: chellow, 6 Nov 2011 8:36 PM
From: United States
Read the report, they have Cuba above DR, this is a country that can’t feed their own people or give them a future to hope for.
From: United States
this report is a crap! cuba's in better condition than dr? lmao
Written by: xwill7, 6 Nov 2011 10:02 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Look who is back... Mr Josean
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
So many happy commentator, they love DR so much you only find them
whenever there's a negative article about the country. Congratulations guys.
Written by: PENJO, 7 Nov 2011 12:14 PM
From: United States
To Carmen Reyes and MCruz: I see the two going at it. This is good. Let's just turn all this energy and brain power into a productive mean. It is not us the individuals out here who should be going at each others necks. Why not canalize crerative thingking and bring awareness to the people. COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION. Educating the people, increasing awareness is a better pathway to counter those dragging Dominican Republic further into the abyss. Yes indeed, Abuse galore! Nevertheless, the people have been conditioned to a subservant type of life which has turned into a norm anymore. Let's maken aware and provide them with means to break themselves out of this horror. I am SICK AND TIRED of seems Dominicans within and without living like sombies chasing a mirrage before their faces The United States. So where is the so called pride? Politics arguments sound good, emotionally, just to the benefit of a few in UPPER POSITIONS. And the rest?
Written by: PENJO, 7 Nov 2011 12:20 PM
From: United States
When speaking of freedom we must remembeer that freedom is not just the ability of walking the streets at 2:00 AM without phisical harm. It is equally the ability to self determination including financial safety and security. Not the ability to produce a few pesos $$ to affort a bottle of rum or a Presidente but the ability of securing employment to affort bread and butter and rice and plantains and of course to hold the roof over the head for one and loved ones. Libertad no is LIBERTINAJE!
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
I guess they are seeing the island as one NATION.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
By the way - a lot other big petroleum countries are under us. So, maybe not too bad after all...
Written by: xwill7, 7 Nov 2011 3:46 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
The ones complaining must stay in the barrios in DR. Parts of Santiago and SD are great like being in USA
Written by: PENJO, 8 Nov 2011 1:09 PM
From: United States
Dominican Politician should be taken to the world tribunal and tried. This would be a possible way of denying them a chance to the circus of Dominican corrupted justice. So many other from African countries and elsewhere around the world have been tried for abuse against humanity. Why not these Dominicans?
Written by: xwill7, 8 Nov 2011 1:27 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Living standards are low in some parts of DR. An many parts of DR, people live under great standards... But they have built their homes in a way that power and water outages do not affect them as much
Written by: PENJO, 8 Nov 2011 2:30 PM
From: United States
In reference of housing in the Dominican Republic, how can the people afford housing in Dominican with these new INVASION on Century 21, Re MAX, etc., of American realtor companies? Looking from out here, it is a mirror of USA situation prices skyrocketing despite the financial woes the economy is facing. More and more so called investors going down to Dominican to fertilize their money with unregulated investments are taking Dominican from the Dominicans. Thanks God there is the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean sea for when there is no more land for the Dominicans down there to throw them into the waters.
From: Canada
Poverty, squalor, government neglect ... wait that is Cuba ... how is lack of freedom in a murderous Communist state a better standard of living than living in Poverty, squalor due to government neglect in DR when you can at least criticize the government without being sent to jail ... in the end a moot point for the impoverished ...
Obviously the 'Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All' report is junk opinion cranked out by academics who have never lived in poverty, squalor ... but I am repeating myself ...
From: Canada
BASTA ... about that rebar ... check out Montreal sometime and see how well the infrastructure lasts when the cold, snow and ice has a chance to work it's magic on substandard cement and missing rebar built projects ... chunks fall off, people get killed, major bridges are deemed unsafe ... a senior Quebec organized crime construction fraud ring leader was found murdered last week and no doubt all his secrets are now buried (and rebar not required) ...
Written by: frank, 30 Nov 2011 5:28 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Caberete, Norway, USA
Poverty, Squalar...I'm sorry, that's not the Cuba i saw. in fact, far from it. i didn't see any poverty and squalr when i was there (i was there twice.) in fact, just the opposite. everyone i met had adequate amounts of provisions and food, but nothing special, but again, nothing to rave about--but enough to get by. It was certainly more than the poor have here in this country. The lack of freedom in cuba and the inability to criticise it makes it bad but, the ability to criticise the government here has done nothing, accomplishes nothing, and proves nothing.
Great, we can criticise Leonel! How far has that got us? what has that accomplished? At least in Cuba, they have a fantastic education system where education is mandatory, and the health care is free for everyone. Yes, everyone!.
Continued on next page...
Written by: frank, 30 Nov 2011 5:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Caberete, Norway, USA
Yes, Cuba's lack of freedom is unacceptable, no one would disagree with you there. And not just unacceptable but, totally unacceptable, but one thing you cannot do is criticise the education system or the health care system. They're not just leaps and bounds above this country, they're leaps and bounds above all of south america and parts of the USA and Canada.
Frank
Written by: mrtibes, 1 Dec 2011 2:59 AM
From: United States
Well I do agree with a few of the comments and points that have addressed here. Cuba's freedoms suck and no one will ever become rich there by no means no matter how educated they are or how good of a medical system they have. The lowest illiteracy in Latin America. Some of the best Dominican doctors earned their medical degrees in Cuba but just like some one stated on here what can be done if all people can do is complain and or criticise. Just like the quote from Gandhi if you want change you are going to have to change yourself first and do something about it. How many Dominicans who have been able to escape the poverty,crime,corruption of the common Dominican citizen returns to the country with an education to make a difference. Not too many and if they do they come back to participate in the same corrupt system to do some exploitation of their own. Like the saying goes you can lead a horse to water now if he drinks it is another story.
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What ever happened to the MARCO-METROLANDIA Economic Miracle of Lie-onel "Noriega" Fernandez?
I hope this article will be insightful to the tourism and skyscraper loving dumb-asses who think that we have made it because we have shiny buildings and third world employment wages.
i hope this article will insightful to the tourism and skyscraper loving dumb-asses.
most tourists never come back for 2nd's
the only ones that do are the ones that meet their love of their life., but this is short lived as u know. once they get ripped off by the chica and her dominican pimp they are also gone but with a few dollars less in their pockets.
“Due to lack of resources, expensive equipment that is designed to monitor the border is beginning to show signs of damage.”
“The military and logistics equipment that was deposited at the border a year and 8 months ago, according to a source consulted by reporters of Acento.com.do, have visible signs of deterioration.”
" SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-equipment acquired by the armed forces two years ago, to be installed at the land border with Haiti and ensure integrity Dominican territory, is at risk of deteriorating for lack of resources for installation."
I wonder how has the resposibilty for providing these resources?
http://www.acento.com.do/index.ph....ipos-para-cuidar-la-frontera.html
This article mention Argentina with a high position when a large number of people are now living on the street literally..
Cuba with a good rating..with one of the best place to be living.. Ask the people in Miami..
Colombia in a better position..
I dont think I should really trust this article..should I?
I see Josean recovered from the Cholera, thanks to our fine medical system for illegal haitians!
Do a little research. Cuba may not be the bast place to live when it comes to having freedom, but this is the "human development index" in other words. Quality of life such as: How long do people live (Cuba is one of the highest because of their medical system), literacy rate (one again Cuba is one of the highest in the world). No, you cannot speak out against the government and your chances of making it rich are small then in other places, but when it comes to the things that are actually measured for this survey they are actually in great shape. So yes, freedom is low... but last I checked that's not something that is measured on these surveys.
mcruz
http://www.onecellular.com
i live around many cubans go speak with them and then u see the truth.
cuba is a place for the ones that are lazy pieces of s...t and dont want to work, all they do all day and night is drink and have sex.
wait for the month to start and the castro brothers give each family one f***ing chicken
yes thats correct 1 chicken per family for the month. f**k their medical they better get some food on the table for their people.
Cuba doesn't have much in the way of freedom--in fact it sucks! but, for those who have been there and spent time there, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how much better their education system is and their literacy rate is one of the highest in the world. in fact, compared to most of south america, it's thru the roof high literacy! and everyone gets free health care. Yes, Everyone! and dropping out of school is illegal in Cuba!
Yeah, the political system absolutely sucks, and it's nearly impossible to get rich their no matter how bright you are but, you cannot deny their education and medical system as being one of the best.
PS. I've only been there a couple of times, 1998, 2000, so maybe things have changed a lot since i was last there.
FRank
So, to be miserable and happy counts?
To live happily in a shack worth for the rest of your life it in this survey?Ask people from Cuba or Miami...No hope for the rest of your life.!
Hell No!
this survey is full of B.S.
Visit my Quisqueya and then talk about freedom. Who is freedom for? The rich in Cuba live the same as the rich in DR off the backs and at the expense of the poor.
I do not recall mentioning the DR in my post. You may want to go over it again and pay attention to what is actually said. Never once did I "juxtapose" the 2 and congrats on all your travels. As for me knowing "your" Quisqueya perhaps being born and raised there would qualify me as such... Balaguer? lived through some of it as I am on the young side, Pena Gomez fiasco? check, Leonel 1st go around? Yes sir, Hipolito? You damn skippy, Leonel 2nd go around? half and half! Being on the poor side? If I had enough space here I would tell you all the stories going all the way back to my grand father. However, some of us decided to make something of our selves and not accept the all around poverty that plagues many of our people. Right now I live between South Florida and San Cristobal, so you tell me do I qualify as a Quisqueyano?
My recommendation to you: Lets not make claims like that without knowing whom we are talking about.
As for the rest of your claims... Respec
Have a great day and remember this great quote by Gandhi:
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Mcruz
http://www.onecellular.com
Obviously the 'Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All' report is junk opinion cranked out by academics who have never lived in poverty, squalor ... but I am repeating myself ...
Great, we can criticise Leonel! How far has that got us? what has that accomplished? At least in Cuba, they have a fantastic education system where education is mandatory, and the health care is free for everyone. Yes, everyone!.
Continued on next page...
Frank