The government has cut back 6,021 jobs during the first nine months of this year, as reported by the Central Bank. El Caribe newspaper observes that this responds to the control measures to limit public spending in accordance with the stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Institutions that have reported personnel reductions include the Presidency (-33.4%), Public Health (-7.6%), Agriculture (-11.5%), Tourism (-70.3%), Dominican Agrarian Institute (-29.3%), National Lottery (-17.6%), and the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (-10.7%).
During the previous administration, then Central Bank governor had said there are over 120,000 surplus jobs in government.