The objectives of the Third Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors (PASS3) Development Policy Loan (DPL) Program for Dominican Republic are (i) to enhance the performance of social sectors to promote human capital (health, nutrition, education) for the poorest citizens, through a fundamental redesign of the Government's Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) program, Solidaridad, and its articulation with critical actions in health and education; (ii) to improve budget management to support the performance of these social sectors within the CCT program; (iii) to support the gradual introduction of performance agreements in social sectors; and (iv) to enhance transparency and accountability to users by strengthening the enabling environment for a better informed demand for improved public sector performance in the social domain. This document describes the program for the Dominican Republic.
This operation is being as the third of a series of three sequential programmatic operations. Its overall objective is to improve results in social sectors in order to preserve the human capital of the poorest citizens in the short term and enhance it the medium term.
