DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Investigative journalist Nuria Piera interviewed a cross section of country analysts to look into the past and future for the Dominican Republic. Those on her end of year panel were economist Miguel Collado, industry spokesperson Circe Almanzar, sociologist Cándido Mercedes and journalist Nelson Rodríguez. Piera explain the recap is to create an awareness to not to repeat the same mistakes in 2022.

In her introduction on how the year ended, Piera highlighted that the Central Bank statistics show an expansion of the economy, beyond what was expected. The year should end with GDP growth of more than 11%, and with 4% compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019. The Dominican Republic is a Latin American success story for 2021.

Economist Miguel Collado of the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (Crees) explained the high growth in 2021 is...