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06-16-2010, 03:00 PM
By the end of this year, the government plans to spend RD$14 billion in social and health plans through the Solidarity Program headed by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque. The money for these programs is consigned in the 2010 budget.
Of these resources, RD$11 billion will be spent on the "Food comes first" and school incentives programs, LPG (Bonogas) and others. The remaining RD$3 billion will be used for the subsidized health plans that currently provide free services, according to Alburquerque, to a million and a half poor people.
The Vice President said that 529,000 households receive benefits each month through the Solidarity Card.
At a breakfast meeting hosted by the Antena News Agency (Agencia de Noticias y Temas Nacionales) and chaired by journalist Ruddy Gonzalez, Alburquerque said that the government performance in this area has led to a reduction in poverty levels from 43% to 34%, and in addition, the World Bank and other organizations have recognized the advances of Solidarity.
According to the Vice President, beginning in the second half of the year, and going on until year's end, a considerable number of poor families will be brought into the Solidarity Program, a plan he says will be supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.
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Of these resources, RD$11 billion will be spent on the "Food comes first" and school incentives programs, LPG (Bonogas) and others. The remaining RD$3 billion will be used for the subsidized health plans that currently provide free services, according to Alburquerque, to a million and a half poor people.
The Vice President said that 529,000 households receive benefits each month through the Solidarity Card.
At a breakfast meeting hosted by the Antena News Agency (Agencia de Noticias y Temas Nacionales) and chaired by journalist Ruddy Gonzalez, Alburquerque said that the government performance in this area has led to a reduction in poverty levels from 43% to 34%, and in addition, the World Bank and other organizations have recognized the advances of Solidarity.
According to the Vice President, beginning in the second half of the year, and going on until year's end, a considerable number of poor families will be brought into the Solidarity Program, a plan he says will be supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)