In March 2018, FGV will begin a series of seminars for the Ministries of Finance, National Treasury, and Comptroller General of the Dominican Republic. The agreement was signed in the country’s capital, Santo Domingo, on October 17, by Professor Marlos Lima, of FGV’s Latin American Center for Public Policy (CLPP), and Mariano Escoto, Director of Training for the Dominican Republic.

The topics of the seminars will range from public budget to anti-corruption actions. They will also address aspects such as results-based management, public-private alliances, and conditional income transfer programs.

The Dominican Republic has been one of the fastest growing countries in Latin America, with averaging 5.8% in the last three years, not to mention the relatively low inflation rate of 1.8% per year during the same period, despite the still high inequality in income distribution.