Publication: Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis in the Dominican Republic
Date
2021-01
ISSN
Published
2021-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Government of the Dominican Republic
(DR) adopted a series of economic and social measures to
protect households and businesses and prevent employment
losses as a response to the Coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2
(COVID-19) health and economic crisis. Social protection
policies and programs have been used globally as effective
mechanisms to respond to the economic crisis due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. This policy note aims to document and
analyze the design and implementation of the three main
cash-transfer programs that the government used to protect
households and workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The
programs that are part of the scope of the note are: (1)
stay at home (quédate en casa, QEC), (2) the employee
solidarity assistance fund (fondo de asistencia solidaria
del empleado, FASE), and (3) the independent worker
assistance program (programa de asistencia al trabajador
independiente, PA’ TI). The analysis of these programs is
based on a desk review of administrative and legal
documents, media information, program reports, and
operational rules. The policy note is organized as follows:
first, it provides an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on
the economy and identifies the potentially affected
population. Second, it provides a description of the design
and implementation of the three social protection programs
and their expenditures. Finally, it discusses lessons
learned, including challenges and opportunities to improve
social protection policies, based on an adaptative social
protection framework.
Citation
“World Bank. 2021. Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis in the Dominican Republic. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35861 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”