World Bank helps birth registration.(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)(Brief article)

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The World Bank will lend the DR US$19.4 million to help secure documentation for nearly 400,000 people currently without a real birth certificate, reports DR1 Daily News (Sept. 19, 2007). This paperwork will allow them to access government health benefits and other social programs. The DR government will contribute US$2.6 million towards the project.

The Civil Registry Office will be refurbished and computerized, the Birth Registration Office will be modernized and receive technical assistance and three mobile Civil Registration vehicles will be put into service. The program is part of the "Dominican Republic Assistance Strategy"; the World Bank has earmarked up to US$360 million for various projects.