RESEARCH

 

Since its inception, the Foundation has conducted research on various economic, social and institutional issues, many of which have been published in the Foundation's books or in publications of the entities for which such studies have been conducted.

 

Most of the research and studies have been requested by international organizations and the public and private sectors of the Dominican Republic.

 

IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, THE FOUNDATION HAS CONDUCTED, AMONG OTHERS, THE FOLLOWING STUDIES:

 

  • Quantifying the Impact of the Private Sector on the Dominican Economy
  • Proposed Reform of the Dominican Tax System
  • Economic Impact of Export Processing Zones in the Dominican Republic
  • Stabilization, Adjustment and Poverty in the Dominican Republic: 1986-1992
  • Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises and State Resizing in the Dominican Republic
  • Budget Rationalization and Public Expenditure Policy in the Dominican Republic
  • Model for the Determination of the Economic and Financial Viability of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery
  • Medium-Term Macroeconomic Program for the Dominican Republic: 1996-2000
  • Analysis of the Financial Viability of the Pension System of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.
  • Teachers in the Dominican Republic: Careers and Incentives (May, 2002)
  • The Situation of the Electricity Sector (July, 2008)
  • The US Financial Crisis and the Implications for the Dominican Economy (September, 2008)
  • Potential Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Dominican Economy (October, 2008)
  • The Cost of the Dominican Peso Appreciation; (December, 2008)
  • The Obama Administration's Cuba Policy and the Potential Impact on the Dominican Republic's Tourism Sector; (January, 2009)
  • Delinquency and Criminality in the Dominican Republic (February, 2012)
  • Proposal for the Rationalization of Public Expenditure and Revenues in the Dominican Republic (June, 2012).  
  • The Economic, Social and Institutional Situation that the 2012-2016 Government Inherits (July, 2012);
  • A “Windfall Tax” on Unexpected Revenues on Gold Exports (July, 2012).
  • Interest Rates and Crowding-Out of Private Investment (September, 2012).
  • Dominican Taxation in the Region's Environment (October, 2012)
  • The Origin of the 2012 Fiscal Deficit and the Expenditure Contraction Executed by the New Government (November, 2012)
  • The 2013 Budget, Estimated Deficit and Financing Needs (December, 2012)
  • Post-Program Monitoring Arrangement with the IMF (January, 2013)
  • Financial and Tax Models for the Renegotiation of the Contract between the Dominican State and Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation (January, 2013)
  • Scenarios for Central Bank Recapitalization (February, 2013)
    The Electricity Sector Deficit: Generation Matrix, Contracts, Lagging Tariffs and Losses (March, 2013)
  • Results of the Renegotiation of the Barrick Gold Contract (May, 2013)
  • The 1988 Renegotiation of the Falconbridge Dominicana Contract (May, 2013)
  • Options to Reduce the Electricity Sector Deficit in the Short and Medium Term (June, 2013)
  • Benefits of the Reform of the Tax Treatment of Internet Purchases in the Dominican Republic (August, 2013); 
  • Evaluation of the Economic Offers of the Participating Companies in the International Public Bidding CDEEE No. LPI-01-2013 for the EPC Contract for the construction of Two Coal-Based Thermoelectric Plants (November, 2013).
    Evolution and Performance of the Dominican Pension System during 2003-2013 (November, 2013);
  • Proposal for the Modernization of the Urban Public Passenger and Cargo Transportation System in the Dominican Republic (December, 2013);
  • Analysis of the Telecommunications Market in the Dominican Republic (February, 2014);
  • Analysis of the Telecommunications Market and Implications of the Merger of Orange and Tricom on the Economic Concentration of the Sector (March, 2014).
  • Need for Coordination between BCRD and MH for Local Bond Issues (May, 2014).
  • Impact of the Renegotiation of the Petrocaribe Debt (February, 2015)
  • Towards the Sustainability of Public Finances (June, 2015)
  • Impact Evaluation Report 50 Projects of the Presidential Visits (September 2015).
  • Dominican Republic Investor Presentation (November, 2015)
  • Dominican Republic Investor Presentation (November, 2015)
  • Comprehensive Fiscal Reform Proposal (September, 2016)
  • Reengineering Public Spending in the Dominican Republic: Case Study (May, 2017)
  • Reengineering Public Spending in the Dominican Republic: Prerequisite for the Feasibility and Success of a Comprehensive Fiscal Reform (December, 2017)
  • DR 2018-2021: Economic Prospects, Investment Projects and the Need for Infrastructure to Support the Tourism Sector (November, 2018)
  • Macroeconomic and Fiscal Progress 1996-2018 (December, 2018)
  • Evolution and Impact of Tourism in the Dominican Republic (2019)
  • Dominican Republic: 1996-2018 (April 2019)