Dominican priorities

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The same Gallup-Hoy poll shows that Dominican citizens would like the government to concentrate on health (60%) and education (51%). Next comes help for the poor. Electricity, potable water, jobs, housing, roads, sports, and security are next on the list of what they think should be the government's priorities. When asked to list the country's main problems, those polled cited inflation or the high cost of living (68%), blackouts or lack of energy (65%), unemployment (43%), robberies and crime (37%), lack of potable water (20%), drug trafficking (13%), education (11%) and administrative corruption (7%). Other problems mentioned include the deterioration of public services, loss of moral values, internal and external debt, lack of investment in farming, inadequacy of public transportation and lack of leadership. Regarding corruption, 36.7% said there was more corruption, up from 20.6% in August, 26.8% said corruption levels were the same, up from 22.3% in August. While 54.4% of those polled in August thought there was less corruption in government, now only 34.1% of respondents believe this to be the case.

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