Dominican
Republic 
Country Descriptions
& Profiles
Background
Notes on Countries of the World: Dominican Republic
in Business Source Complete [ About
] 
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts
about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business
information.
Dominican
Republic Country Review in Business Source Complete
[About]
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports
provide demographic, political, economic, business,
cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector
production, consumption and net exports, maps, country
flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil
liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality
of life and investment climate basic infrastructure
information.
Oficina Nacional de
Estadística República Dominicana
http://www.one.gov.do/
Finance, Trade
& Commerce
BuyUSA.gov U.S. Commercial Services: Dominican Republic
http://www.buyusa.gov/caribbean/en/
From the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) Provides information to U.S. businesses exporting goods and services, including trade agreements, market research, trade event lists, industry specific information.
Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.
Dominican Republic Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Complete [About]
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks. Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings. Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.
EIU:
Economist Intelligence Unit: Dominican Republic
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Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally. Type of reports vary country by country.
Global
Edge: Dominican Republic
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=120
Created by the Center for International Business
Education and Research at Michigan State University
( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE
contains country specific news, statistics, history,
economics, and government data.
Index
of Economic Freedom: Dominican Republic
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=DominicanRepublic
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: trade
policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention
in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign
investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property
rights, regulation, and black market.
MSI
Legal and Accounting Network: Dominican Republic
http://www.msi-network.com/content/doing_business_in_domrepublic_page1.asp
Political Risk Yearbook: Dominican Republic Country Forecast in Business Source Complete [About]
From PRS Group, published annually and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country's political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country's history and geography.
World
Bank
www.worldbank.org
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing
countries face, education, debt, demographics, telecommunications
infrastructure, health issues, etc.
Statistics
& Government Resources
Banco
Central de la Republica Dominicana
http://www.bancentral.gov.do/
The official Web site of the Central Bank of the Dominican
Republic includes information on currency rates,
monetary policy, statistics and much more.
Embassy of
the Dominican Republic in Washington D.C.
http://www.domrep.org/
Information about business and investment. Also contains
information about flora and fauna, education, travel
and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography,
people and culture.
Selected
Internet Resources: Dominican Republic -Portals
to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/dr/dr.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of
Congress subject experts."
U.S. Embassy
to the Dominican Republic
http://www.usemb.gov.do/index.htm
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