Country Fact Sheet

Government at a GlanceLatin America and the Caribbean 2017

Public employment has increased substantially in the Dominican Republic

In 2009, the share of public sector employees in total employment in the Dominican Republic amounted to 12.5%, slightly above the LAC average of 11.3%. However, since 2009 public employment in the Domini-can Republic has significantly increased to 18.1% in 2014, the second-highest level in the region, and well above the LAC average of 12% in the same year. The increase has been driven by the growth in service positions (e.g. teachers), following measures such as the budgetary earmark included in the education law.

Chapter 3: Public employment

3.1. Public sector employment as a percentage of total employment, 2009 and 2014

Chapter 6: Human Resources Management

6.7. Compensation management (2004, 2012-15)

The Dominican Republic actively supports micro-, small, medium-sized andwomen-owned enterprises through public procurement and is one of the few LAC countries that also measure the results of these policies

In 2015, the Dominican Republic had policies to support green procurement, procurement from micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), women-owned enterprises, and to promote procurement of innovative goods and services. Of the 21 LAC countries that support procurement of MSMEs, the Do-minican Republic is among those few that also measure the results of the strategy. Furthermore, of the four countries in the region that support procurement from women-owned enterprises, the Dominican Republic is one of two that are also measuring the results of this policy.

Chapter 9: Public procurement

9.5. Development of strategic public procurement by objective, 20159.6. Measuring results of strategic public procurement’s policies/strategies, 2015

While the Dominican Republic has introduced initiatives related to open government,has not yet created an overarching strategy in the area

The Dominican Republic incorporates open government initiatives in other government strategies. As such, it has taken steps to increase transparency, guarantee accessibility of government services and informa-tion, and ensure responsiveness to new ideas, demands and needs. The main goal of its open governmentreforms is improving citizen participation in policy making. However, there is room for further progress, since the Dominican Republic belongs to the 38% of LAC countries that have indicated that their govern-ment has not yet created an overarching strategy on open government.

Chapter 8: Digital and open government

8.13. Existence of national open government strategy8.21. OURdata Index: Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data, 2015

Dominican Republic

Government revenues(2014)

Government expenditures(2014)

Government gross debt(2014)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database

G@G /dataG@G /data

-3.0%

Dominican Rep.

-4.5%-8%

0%

-2%

-6%

-4%

Fiscal balance(2014)

% of GDP

Government investment(2014)

% of GDP

How to read the figures:

Dominican R.

Country value in green (not represented if not available) Average of OECD country

values in blueRange of LAC country

values in grey

Public Finance & Economics Public Employment & Compensation

Public Finance and Economics

GOVERNMENT INPUTS: FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to

data not availableAverage of LAC country values in purple

Breakdown of tax revenues(2014) *

% of total taxation

Dominican Rep.

63.5%31.7%

Goods and services

Income and pro�ts

Social security49.5%

27.9%

16.4%

Other

4.5%

Source: OECD Revenue Statistics in Latin America (database).* See Notes

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

33.1%

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

18.1%

Dominican Rep.

2.6%n.a.

Dominican Rep.

1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6%

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database

34.4% 100%

0%

100%

0%

Dominican Rep.

50.4%

60% 90% 120% 150%30%0%

50.3%

50%

40%

60%

49.4%Dominican Rep.

Public Employment and Compensation

G@G /data

Public sector employment filled by women

(2014)

Source: International Labour Organization (database)

Public sector employmentas % of total employment

(2014)

Source: International Labour Organization (database)

12.0% 5%

0%

25%

10%

15%

20%18.1%Dominican Rep.

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

28.6%15.1%

Dominican Rep.

GOVERNMENT PROCESSES

Government Institutions Public Procurement Digital Government

Digital Government

iREG: Composite indicatoron stakeholder engagement (2015)

Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance for Latin America

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

n.a.

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

1.61

Dominican Rep.

Methodology

Systematicadoption

Transparency

Oversight,qualitycontrol

0

20

40

60

80

100

27

0

20

40

60

80

100

45

Dominican Rep.

Civil service merit index(2012-2015)

Source: Inter-American Development Bank, 2014

7.7%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

n.a.

Dominican Rep.

Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database. * See Notes

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.43

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.44

Dominican Rep.

Dataavailability

Dataaccessibility

Governmentsupportto re-use

Main nationalcitizens portal for

government services

Legally recogniseddigital identi�cation

(e.g. digital signature)mechanism

61%

Yes

56%

No

Dominican Rep.

Existence of a main national citizens portal forgovernment services and a legally recognised

digital identification mechanism (2015)

Source: OECD Survey on digital government performance

Health Financing Systems and Budget

The max. score for each category is 1, andthe max. aggregate score for the composite is 4

Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest)

High Moderate Low

33%47%20%

HighDominican Rep.

Level of influence of theCentre of Government

over line ministries(2015)

Government Institutions

Source: OECD 2015 Survey on Centre of Government

Development of strategic public procurement by objective(2015)

Public ProcurementGovernment procurement

(2014) *% of GDP

Source: 2015 OECD Survey on Public Procurement

OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data (2016)

Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 1 (highest)

Source: 2016 OECD Survey on Open Government Data

Greenpublic procurement

A strategy / policy has been developed by some procuring entities

A strategy / policy has been developed at a central level

MSMEs Procure innovativegoods and services

6 12 0

A strategy / policy has been rescinded

A strategy / policy has never been developed

6 4 19 0 1 2 12 0 8

Support to Women ownedenterprises

1 3 0 16

Dominican Rep.

GOVERNMENT PROCESSES

Notes

OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

Dominican Rep.

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6Higher

inequality

Lowerinequality

Before After Before After

0.52 0.50

taxes and transfers

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Before After

0.47

0.29taxes and transfers

Higherinequality

Lowerinequality 0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

n.a.

Gini coefficient: Differences in income inequality pre and post-tax and government transfers (2012)

For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes) and to consult all other Country Fact Sheets:http://www.oecd.org/gov/government-at-a-glance-lac.htm

* Breakdown of tax revenues: For the Dominican Republic, the figures exclude local government revenues. Costs of goods and services financed by general government are not included in government procurement because they are not accounted separately in the IMF Government Finance Statistics (database).

Indicator from 0 (low income concentration) to 100 (high income concentration)

Health Financing Systems And Budget FormulationHealth care financing schemes and percentage of population covered (2015)

Source: 2015 OECD Survey of Budget Officials on Budgeting Practices for Health in LAC countries

0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100

63%39%

6%2%2%4%

Socialhealth insurance

Voluntaryprivate insurance

Government�nancing scheme

Dominican Rep.

Compulsoryprivate insurance

Not coveredby any explicitarrangement

Othern.a.

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 is the second edition of a joint publication between the Organization for Economic

Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators to

inform policy making and benchmark specific interventions. The model is the OECD Government at a Glance, which is a fundamental reference,

backed by a well-established methodology for OECD member countries. Compared to the previous edition that had a special focus on Public

Financial Management and alongside with indicators on public finances and public employment this second version covers a wider range of public

management areas including the role and influence of the Centre of Government, Open Government and Open Data policies, Digital Government,

Regulatory Governance and practices for Budgeting in health systems.

Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 are available via the Stat-Links provided throughout the publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265554-en