Figure 4.3 Hausmann-Rodrik-Velasco Growth Diagnostics Decision Tree

Problem: Low levels of private investment and entrepreneurship

Sector Intervention

Urban/ Rural

Capital/ Recurrent

Target Numbers

Average Annual Cost (2005-2015)

Average Cost Per Capita

Gender Gender mobilization      $18,500,000.0

0 $0.47

  Institution strengthening      $52,300,000.0

0 $1.32

  Lobbying and Advocacy      $24,100,000.0

0 $0.61

 Build Coalitions and Mobilize Support      

$62,500,000.00 $1.58

 Research, Information & Monitoring      

$26,100,000.00 $0.66

 Free primary education for girls         $0.00

  Combat FGM         $0.00

 Combat early child marriage         $0.00

  Promote right to survival         $0.00

  Prevent sexual exploitation         $0.00

  Prevent child labor         $0.00

  Prevent prostitution         $0.00

 Prevent girls' use of harmful drugs         $0.00

 Re-enroll pregnant girls in school         $0.00

 Identify forms of discrimination in law         $0.00

 Mainstreams women's rights in employment         $0.00

 Implement policies to benefit disadvantaged         $0.00

 Provide women with legal assistance         $0.00

TOTAL MDG3 COSTS:  $183,500,000

.00 $4.64

Sector Intervention Urban/ Rural

Capital/ Recurrent

Average Annual Cost US$ (2005-

2015)

Average Cost Per

Capita (US$)

Hunger Investing in soil health $73,400,000.00 $1.86

Extension development $43,000,000.00 $1.09

Agricultural research $17,000,000.00 $0.43

Livestock enterprises $137,000,000.00 $3.47

Credit and rural financial services $95,000,000.00 $2.40

Food/ Cash for work on agricultural $36,000,000.00 $0.91

Emergency food relief/ famine relief $135,000,000.00 $3.41

Education ECDE $3,300,000.00 $0.08

Primary Education and Mobile Schools $109,100,000.00 $2.76

Secondary Education $51,400,000.00 $1.30

Adult Basic Education $4,300,000.00 $0.11

Special Education $7,400,000.00 $0.19

Quality insurance and standards $5,900,000.00 $0.15

Non-Formal Schools $400,000.00 $0.01

School Feeding, Health and Nutrition $5,200,000.00 $0.13

Administrative and Teachers Costs $122,500,000.00 $3.10

Health HIV/AIDS prevention $205,100,000.00 $5.19

Care for HIV+ $506,100,000.00 $12.80

Malaria treatment, prevention, and administration $37,700,000.00 $0.95

Water & Sanitation Provision of rural water capital R C $7,674,405.00 $0.19

Provision of rural water operating R R $7,416,595.00 $0.19

Provision of urban water capital U C $13,461.00 $0.00

Provision of urban water operating U R $20,809,324.00 $0.53

Provision of rural sanitation capital R C $2,483,958.00 $0.06

Provision of rural sanitation operating R R $1,933,026.00 $0.05

Provision of urban sanitation capital U C $8,325,969.00 $0.21

Provision of urban sanitation operating U R $8,913,033.00 $0.23 Transport & Tech Roads $917,000,000.00 $23.19

Railways $225,000,000.00 $5.69

Maritime transport $37,500,000.00 $0.95

Jetties $25,000,000.00 $0.63

Information and communication $100,000,000.00 $2.53

TOTAL COSTS: $5,220,660,976.91

$132.04

Table 4: Planned MDG3 and MDG mainstream average annual per capita costs (2007 US$) in the Dominican Republic (2006-2015)

Gender Specific Interventions $2.09 Awareness on sexual and reproductive health $0.14 Transition of girls from school to work $0.04 Encourage female political participation $0.08 Eliminate gender-based violence $1.36 Defend equal rights to property and inheritance $0.02 Address systemic issues $0.45 Gender Mainstreaming Interventions $7.52 Incorporate a gender perspective into education (Education) $0.03 Provide subsidies to mothers for primary education (Education) $1.78 Provide micronutrients for pregnant women and children under 5 (Agriculture) $3.27 Provide vitamin A supplements to children under 5 (Agriculture) $0.02 Maternal health care (Health) $1.05 Child health care (Health) $1.16 Incorporate a gender perspective into environmental strategies (Environment) $0.05 Construction and rehabilitation of child care and emergency shelters (Infrastructure) $0.16

Planned Expenditures on Gender Equality Interventions: Dominican Republic

Actual Budget Allocations: Dominican Republic, 2004-06

Table 9: Percentage of total national budget allocations to social sectors in the DR 2004 2005 2006 2007 Health 10.60% 9.98% 8.91% 9.68% Education 8.40% 8.29% 8.19% 9.61% Women's Ministry 0.09% 0.08% 0.08% 0.09% * Percentages of budget allocations are extracted directly from most recent national budget documents.