Dominican Republic
A deep analysis of Dominican Republic National Urban Policy
Region: Latin America & The Caribbean
GDP per capita
Population (2016)
Population growth rate
Inflation Rate (2014)
Drinking water (rural)
Drinking water (urban)
Forested areas
CO2 emissions estimate
Labour force (females)
Labour force (males)
Female life expectancy
Male life expectancy
Unemp % of labour force
Urban population
Male education
Female education
Data presented above is obtained form 2018 NUP Database Booklet - (2018 WorldBank dataset), access it from the World Bank Dataset
TITLE OF NUP
Organic Law of National Development (Partial)
STAGE OF NUP
Implementation Phase
LEADING AGENCY FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Congress
TIMELINE
2012
FOCUS
The law promotes a more balanced territorial development by providing infrastructure, services, regional development and competitiveness strategies to create regional diversity.
COMMENTS
The law acts as a partial NUP
Thematic scope of Dominican Republic NUP
Thematic attention
Economic
Development
Thematic attention
Spatial
Development
Thematic attention
Human
Development
Thematic attention
Environmental
Development
Thematic attention
Climate
Resilience
Graphical Representation
Legend:
12=Extensive
8=Moderate
4=Low
0=No Information
Measurement of how Dominican Republic NUP fulfils
SDG 11.a.1 Qualifier
Population dynamics
The National Urban Policies for Dominican Republic, does not respond to the population dynamics as an SDG11.a.1 qualifier. Dominican Republic NUP does not focus on demographic trends and needs in their Implementation phase.
NO
Territorial development
Dominican Republic NUP does not address a spatial coherent territory that includes a balanced system for human settlement. Cities and towns along the urban, periurban and rural continum is also focussed in the Dominican Republic NUP.
NO
Local fiscal space
Dominican Republic NUP does not address the local fiscal space as SDG.11.a.1 qualifier. Their NUP ensures that local governments have resources to carry out activities at the local level.
NO