NewsWhore
09-04-2006, 05:40 PM
In a nation where as many as 30% of the population does not have a birth certificate, the World Bank is initiating a program to eliminate the "legal invisibility" of so many people. According to Diario Libre, the WB will finance a program that will allow Dominican Civil Registry officials to provide birth certificates and personal ID cards called "cedulas" for almost half a million people. The initial start up will include funding for US$3.5 million. The World Bank in Washington approved the loan, and the Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the President's Social Cabinet will sign the protocols next week. The JCE and the Social Cabinet will work through the 161 Civil Registry offices throughout the country. All documents will be completely free to the recipients.
The government resorted to borrowing to solve the problem. Press reports published last year demonstrated that the civil registry offices themselves could generate the funds that could be used to regularize this situation. The reports established that civil registrar officers instead pocket these funds, as part of a political patronage prize.
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The government resorted to borrowing to solve the problem. Press reports published last year demonstrated that the civil registry offices themselves could generate the funds that could be used to regularize this situation. The reports established that civil registrar officers instead pocket these funds, as part of a political patronage prize.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)