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04-17-2007, 05:50 PM
The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) Administrative Chamber, Roberto Rosario has announced that the JCE has come to an agreement with the World Bank to issue 600,000 birth certificates or cedula identity cards to people who currently lack these documents. These people have already been identified by programs sponsored by the World Bank, the government's Solidaridad welfare program and other NGOs. Rosario announced the plan after a meeting held with Programa Solidaridad head Fernando Reyes Castro, the World Bank's economist Sam Carlson and other officials who were in the country to discuss a loan for US$12.4 million to the DR, which will be used to complete the documentation process. Rosario explained that US$5 million would go towards improving civil registries, late registration offices and verification offices. He also explained that a verification office has been open since February as part of an agreement with the Servicio Nacional de Salud (SENASA).
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