# Dominican Republic - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:15:19-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Dominican Republic A nation of 11.5 million in the Caribbean, where visitors and citizens abroad bring in steady income and investors bid more than $7.2 billion for $2.75 billion of its bonds in February 2026. Perfect Nations values what Dominican Republic owns and raises capital against it, through **innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence ( SI)**. Dominican Republic at a glance * **11.5m**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Education_**77.7%**of children in the Dominican Republic cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2019 data[World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=DO) * **4**Instruments and investments on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-register) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-studio) [Read the Letter to Dominican Republic](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-letter) What we do for Dominican Republic ## Assets. Capital. Solutions. Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations. 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Visitors to The People.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurels4 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup · Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Dominican Republic toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **37.7%**Of export earnings from visitors, 2018 * ### The Visitors * Visitors already pay for the coast and the culture; their spending can finance what lasts. * **9.7%**Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2025 * ### The Diaspora * Citizens abroad send home a steady share of the economy: a flow that can back long-term finance. * **55.4%**Of the land in agriculture, 2023 * ### The Farmland * Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest. * **46.7%**Of the land under forest, 2024 * ### The Forest * Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands. * **11.5m**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 26.2% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-do)**Capital**· The laurels · Capital Architecture ## Markets that queue for its bonds; classrooms that need them. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Dominican Republic owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **$2.75bn**Two sovereign bonds of 8 and 12¼ years at 5.750% and 6.150%, February 2026, financing the 2026 Budget[Presidency of the Dominican Republic, 2026](https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/rd-completa-exitosa-emision-externa-por-usd-2750-millones) * **$1.6bn**Ten-year sovereign bond at 5.875%, October 2025[Presidency of the Dominican Republic, 2025](https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/la-republica-dominicana-concreta-emision-internacional-por-usd-1600-millones-10-anos) * **4.6%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/DOM) * **59%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/DOM) Capital already committed * GovernmentIssuedSovereign bonds, two tranches$2.75bn * Ministry of Finance and Economy · 11 February 2026 * $1.25 billion due in 8 years at 5.750% and $1.5 billion due in 12¼ years at 6.150%, with demand above $7.2 billion; proceeds finance infrastructure, transport, energy, water, health and education. * Dominican Republic * [Source](https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/rd-completa-exitosa-emision-externa-por-usd-2750-millones) * MultilateralApprovedWater Sector Modernization Program$250M * World Bank · Approved 24 March 2023 * Water and sanitation services. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P177823) * MultilateralApprovedDistribution Efficiency Improvement and Utility Strengthening $225M * World Bank · Approved 13 December 2023 * Fewer losses on the power grid. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P180512) * MultilateralApprovedStrengthening the National Health System$190M * World Bank · Approved 6 December 2023 * Primary care and health services. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P180349) ### The Dominican Republic Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Rosanna Peralta, Nation Steward of Dominican Republic](https://perfectnations. com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Rosanna-Peralta-Nation-Steward-of-Dominican-Republic- 150x150.png) **Rosanna Peralta**Nation Steward of Dominican Republic · SI ResearcherLast updated 10 November 2026 * 11 Feb 2026[**RD completa exitosa emisión externa por USD 2,750 millones**](https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/rd-completa-exitosa-emision-externa-por-usd-2750-millones) Presidency of the Dominican Republic ## Already working in the Dominican Republic. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Dominican Republic, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Dominican%20Republic) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Dominican Republic are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-do)**Solutions**· The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Dominican Republic, _star by star._ **Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with the Dominican Republic in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **22.3** Education · furthest from reach22.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, dated[World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=DO) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Dominican Republic To be set with Dominican Republic, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Dominican Republic, each year. Read more * Food**56.2%**Not food insecure; 43.8% are moderately or severely food insecure [FAO, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=DO) * Water**45.3%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=DO) * Shelter**43%**Safely managed sanitation; 11.3% of city dwellers live in slums [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=DO) * Energy**93%**93% cook with clean fuels and technology; 99.5% have electricity [World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=DO) * Education**22.3**22.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, dated[World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=DO) * Health**73**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~DOM) * Livelihood**82.7%**Above the national poverty line; 17.3% live below it[World Bank, 2025](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=DO) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with the Dominican Republic. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$ 8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source. ### Solutions for Perfect Dominican Republic [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Dominican Republic**Education * ### Finance learning, not only classrooms. - **01****The challenge**77.7% Of children in the Dominican Republic cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2019 data. [World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=DO) - **02****The deal** - At work in Dominican Republic: Sovereign bonds, two tranches, $2.75bn. [Source](https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/rd-completa-exitosa-emision-externa-por-usd-2750-millones) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time. * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsDominican Republic ## Dear Dominican Republic, Visitors and Dominicans abroad bring in steady income, and investors bid more than $7.2 billion for your bonds in February 2026. Read more Power reaches almost every home. Yet on the 2019 data, 77.7% of your children could not read a simple text by the end of primary school, and more than half of you lack safely managed drinking water. Let the confidence of investors become the literacy of every child. “Let the confidence of investors become the literacy of every child.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Dominican Republic _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Dominican Republic, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of the Dominican Republic, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Dominican%20Republic) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Dominican%20Republic) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Dominican%20Republic) ### Co-design it with us Where Dominicans and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Dominican Republic into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Dominican Republic, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Dominican%20Republic&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Dominican%20Republic%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Dominican Republic. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Dominican Republic already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=dominican-republic&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=dominican-republic&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Dominican Republic**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/dominican-republic/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Dominican%20Republic&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Dominican Republic ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Dominican Republic with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=dominican-republic) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking. 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023. 3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026. 4. Presidency of the Dominican Republic: external bond issues of February 2026 and October 2025 (terms and date read in Acento, 11 February 2026). 5. World Bank projects P177823, P180512 and P180349.