NewsWhore
09-21-2009, 04:00 PM
On September 17 the World Bank Board of Directors approved US$30.5 million for the Second Phase of the Health Sector Reform Project (PARSS2) and US$10 million additional financing for the existing Social Protection Project.
The Health Sector Reform Project seeks to improve basic services, with an emphasis on the lower-income population. Furthermore, it seeks to enhance the quality of public expenditure and healthcare workers' capacity to respond to medical emergencies.
The PARSS2 is the second in a series of three projects that the World Bank will finance for the health sector, the first phase of which ends in December. "Through these new operations the World Bank will continue to support the government's efforts to improve coverage, selection, and concentration of public social protection programs, which aim to provide a more inclusive, efficient and transparent system for all Dominicans, especially the poorest," said Roby Senderowitsch, World Bank Country Manager for the Dominican Republic.
This US$10 million in additional funds for the Social Protection Project is part of the government's efforts to reduce poverty and attain a higher degree of social equality.
The original project approved by the Board of Directors in August 2007 was for US$19.4 million, and was approved by the Dominican Congress in November 2008. It will continue its objective of improving coverage, concentration, selection and effectiveness of the Dominican government's social protection programs. This objective is being met by the provision of identity documents for poor Dominicans, institutional strengthening of concentration mechanisms, and improving the monitoring and evaluation of social programs.
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The Health Sector Reform Project seeks to improve basic services, with an emphasis on the lower-income population. Furthermore, it seeks to enhance the quality of public expenditure and healthcare workers' capacity to respond to medical emergencies.
The PARSS2 is the second in a series of three projects that the World Bank will finance for the health sector, the first phase of which ends in December. "Through these new operations the World Bank will continue to support the government's efforts to improve coverage, selection, and concentration of public social protection programs, which aim to provide a more inclusive, efficient and transparent system for all Dominicans, especially the poorest," said Roby Senderowitsch, World Bank Country Manager for the Dominican Republic.
This US$10 million in additional funds for the Social Protection Project is part of the government's efforts to reduce poverty and attain a higher degree of social equality.
The original project approved by the Board of Directors in August 2007 was for US$19.4 million, and was approved by the Dominican Congress in November 2008. It will continue its objective of improving coverage, concentration, selection and effectiveness of the Dominican government's social protection programs. This objective is being met by the provision of identity documents for poor Dominicans, institutional strengthening of concentration mechanisms, and improving the monitoring and evaluation of social programs.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)