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Prison Reform in the Dominican Republic: An Analysis through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
by Jennifer Peirce This report puts a spotlight on what is typically the least-visible and least-resourced of justice institutions: the prison system. First, prisons represent the most direct manifestation of state control over its citizenry. As the famous Dostoyevsky quote notes, how a state treats its prisoners tells you how a state treats its people […]
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Analysis of Evangelical Christianity in the Dominican Republic
by Christina C. Davidson This study examines the history and current state of evangelical Christianity in the Dominican Republic. It focuses on two historical Protestant denominations: The African Methodist Episcopal Church (ame) and the Dominican Evangelical Church (ied). Each of these denominations was founded in the Dominican Republic during key moments in the country’s history. […]
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Legal, Political, and Social Reflections on the Dominican Environmental Framework
by Sergio Morales Muñoz These reflections involve several intertwined issues such as climate change, environmental assessments, sustainable development, the environment, and ecosystems, among others, in the Dominican Republic. At the same time, it deals with the economic, political, and social reality of the country, since—as we are human—our realities, uses, and customs (those that affect […]
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Fundamentals of the Dominican Voluntary Sector
by Megan D. Beddow A variety of perspectives produce the knowledge representing a nation’s NGO environment. Statistical reports by development agencies and multilateral organizations heavily populate previous work related to NGO efforts in the Dominican Republic (European Commission, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, USAID, World Bank, etc.). This perspective trains its audience to focus on […]
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Resident Perceptions of Whale Watching in the Dominican Republic
Whale watching is often seen as a sustainable form of tourism that can support coastal communities, while also protecting cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) from some human pressures. The Dominican Republic is home to one of the oldest and most unique whale watching industries in the world, both in terms of the experiences that it […]
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Impact Investing in the Dominican Republic
by Jenna Giandoni Before appreciating the potential of impact investing, specifically in the DR, one must consider the Global Impact Investing Network (giin) generally-accepted definition of impact investments: “investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Impact investing includes investments that range […]
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Challenges for Sustainable Growth through Tourism in the Dominican Republic
by Emma Fawcett The Dominican Republic has long been viewed primarily as an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, but in the last decades the service sector has overtaken agriculture as the economy’s largest employer, due in part to growth in the tourism industry. This report explores tourism sector governance in the Dominican Republic, identifying […]
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Dominican Republic and P. R. China: Exchange, Trade and Investment
by Yuan Li Evidence of Chinese influence in the Dominican Republic is quite prevalent, visible not only in the popular Chinatown section of the capital city of Santo Domingo but also in the adoption of the “pica pollo” culinary tradition, one in which classical Dominican food items such as plantains and rice are prepared using […]
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Treating Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
by Henry A. Montero The publication contributes to the body of scientific research on Parkinson’s disease and mental health development in Latin American and Caribbean countries, as well as to the application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for psychosis dueto Parkinson’s disease, a common medical condition in the Dominican Republic. Download it here >
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Mental Health Perspectives: a detailed analysis of services and treatments in Monte Plate and national institutions specializing in mental health
by Yosmayra E. Reyes The Dominican Republic is a country on the brink of change both socially and economically. It is marked by a complex system whose aims have fallen short in distributing adequate health services to its indigent populations. Solutions in resource allocations are difficult as little research has been done with the intent […]
