An exemplary province

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In the Salcedo city jail, the inmates repair school desks and chairs. City streets are an art gallery, with murals by Candido Bido and Elsa Nunez, two of the best Dominican painters of all times. Politicians, business and city government have agreed on a development program for the agriculture-based province. The province wants to make its mark for cultural tourism and ecotourism, and has looked into offering routes to observe coffee cultivation. The recent UNDP Human Development Report 2008, shows that human development is above average in Salcedo. Clave newspaper reports that bottom-up community efforts spurred by former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal, has made all the difference. The province was recently named Hermanas Mirabal province to honor the three sisters that risked their lives to differ from Dictator Rafael Trujillo.

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