{"id":10044,"date":"2023-12-27T14:33:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/?p=10044"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:47:31","slug":"eclac-dominican-economy-to-grow-3-1-in-2023-and-4-1-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/en\/eclac-dominican-economy-to-grow-3-1-in-2023-and-4-1-by-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ECLAC: Dominican economy to grow 3.1% in 2023 and 4.1% by 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ECLAC raised its growth estimate for Latin America this year to 2.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reduced its growth estimate for the Dominican economy in 2023 by 0.6 percentage points about its September estimate, bringing it to 3.1%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, it increased its forecast to 4.1% for next year against its September forecast of 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The estimate of 3.1% growth for 2023 is higher than the one made at the beginning of December by the governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, H\u00e9ctor Valdez Albizu, whose estimate was for around 2.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated GDP growth projections for 2023-2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, December 2023. Central America includes Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional projection rises, but it comes with a warning<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ECLAC also raised its regional GDP growth projection for 2023 by 0.6% from 1.7%, estimated last September, to 2.2%, but warned of the risks of “maintaining a path of low growth\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to its last report of the year entitled \u201cPreliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023\u201d, the United Nations agency based in Santiago, Chile reckons that by 2024, growth will fall to 1.9%, meaning a slowdown in regional growth from the levels seen in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is necessary to scale up productive development policies with a focus on dynamic strategic sectors, promote policies to encourage public and private investment, and adapt the financing framework to enhance resource mobilization,” said ECLAC\u2019s Executive Secretary, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although all subregions will show lower growth in 2023 compared to 2022, the report highlights the diversity that exists among the countries of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report the trend of low growth “will mean a slowdown in job creation and the persistence of informality and gender gaps, among other effects.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panama, Costa Rica, and Paraguay: the fastest-growing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n