From January to November 2016, the Dominican government paid out RD$24.9 billion in pension plan payments. This is 15.8% of the total government payroll. This was an increase of 2.8% over the payment for the same period in 2015.
77% of those receiving government pensions had stipends under RD$6,000 a month, but increasingly, legislators, and autonomous government institution members, including the state university, government finance entities and others are receiving attractive pensions of upwards of RD$100,000 a month.
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El Dinero
13 February 2017
