That is enough money to build a much needed wall across the DR-Haiti border. Let's watch carefully, how those money's are used to benefit the DR, instead of being used by some politicians and bureaucrats to fatten their wallets.

Transparency in this country does not exist. Expect little or no tracking of its use.

It would greatly help things if South Koreans were on the board to facilitate matters. They have a lot of experience dealing with organizational efficiency. Some of their best practices might even rub-off on some Dominicans. All of these programs should have one constant: the funding source nation must have some significant personnel input or oversight to ensure best practices are implemented.

" All of these programs should have one constant: the funding source nation must have some significant personnel input or oversight to ensure best practices are implemented."

Absolutely, Atabey. As it should be with all loans. The loaning nation should be involved in the legal and proper implementation of funds allocated for any particular project. It must be stipulated that money will be exclusively used for it's intended purpose and not diverted to anything else....This is when the govt thieves dip into it and grab as much as possible. Let's keep track of what goes where and what the true costs are in the course of building or improving anything.

Yeah, like the 500million USD leo diverted to some other unknown pet project of his.

Great ! Now we can import 50,000 air conditioned buses and fill them with 50 Haitians each. That's 2.5 million passengers whose civil right is being respected being sent back over the border. Immigration problem solved. Yeeeeaaaaaa!

Another loan under the name of DR development ...are you serous , are they seying that this goberment don't have that kind of money in his own bank to spend 25 millions this is frustrating ......

Dominicans would break the wall just as fast as Haitians. Too much commerce at stake on the border. That wall would need to be accompanied by non-local forces with no vested interested in the current economic structure of the border regions. Besides, how the hell you going to build a wall over all those mountain. Stupid ass idea.

And what makes you such an expert? You ever been to the border?=No, the border is not all mountains.
Commerce? You mean the daily contraband of drugs, arms, and illegals through the porous border areas, that some partial "marchandes" (mercenaries), and corrupt to the core military wish the status quo to remain, so the Haitians can keep exporting their undesirables over to us.

Wall!!! wall!!! wall!!!!!!!

You're right. Sorry generoso, I shouldn't have shat all over your idea like that, it was mean. Please forgive me. I should have politely disagreed.

I haven't been to the border but I know residents and experts from both sides. Haiti is DR's second largest export market after the US and DR is Haiti's largest source of imports. It is basically an economic province of the DR. Its not just Haitians going to the DR that's in question, its also unregulated exports to Haiti in danger of being regulated. I'm in favor of regulation on both sides but I just don't see a wall being an investment with a high enough overall return. What will be done when Haitians just yola their way over? Bigger navy? That is a bottomless defense pit. You're right about the border not being all mountains but you must admit lot of it is. Crazy thing is, Haitians would probably be building the wall lol

Look up an article on this site called "Talk of closing US$2.0B per year border market worries agro leader"

a wall would be a great idea for future graffiti artist on both side because all legal and illegal exchange are conducted at the gate maybe that money should be use for new recruits and better wages for these poor hard working border guards

eddiearkadian
A border wall is not the cure all ills, perfect solution, but just like homeowners have a dividing fence on their property, so should the DR be responsible enough to protect the country with a wall, a fence, natural barriers, and a budget to patrol with a selected national guard corps, well paid, and trained with the latest border protection technological tools.
Of course there are the moguls and slave drivers, that want the status quo to remain, so they can hire and exploit these desperate Haitians, and pay them nothing.
And excuse me for reacting so immaturely, I have thus far cleaned up my response.

Traffic & Trafficking....big investment

@genero well said.

I 3rd the motion by andujar and generos. Recruit , train and generously compensate A revolving cadre of new border control agents. Minimize or be especially selective of recruits from the border regions. As I've said before; secure the border first then proceed with mass deportation.

Well said indeed generoso. I think venganzaderafael makes a good complimentary point about having a selective revolving (key!) cadre of border agents and compensating them generously (also key!). So simple yet so genius! It would reduce human rights abuses & increase tax revenues on both sides. The reason I say both sides is because the Haitian authorities can piggyback off the DR structure to regulate and tax border transactions from their end. One of Haitian PM Lamothe's top priorities is reeling in lost taxes from contraband on the border which I've heard/read him say is $300-500million/year! One would hope such locally generated (NOTdonor) income would help decrease pressures for Haitians to migrate to DR as it would presumably go to government services for the population. Even with corruption (say half...) that's a lot more to go around.

And generoso, no hard feelings, I was really asking for it with that comment! Good to see cooler heads prevail.