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Economy December 5, 2018 | 8:33 am

Approved Budget of US$18.4B taps 45% for social services

Santo Domingo.- The Senate on Tues. approved the 2019 Budget of RD$921.8 billion(US$18.4 billion), which includes current expenditure of RD$643.9 billion and capital expenditure of RD$121.5 billion. Senator budget commissioner Dionis Sánchez said the budget's highest allocation is for social services with RD$348.7 billion, or 45.6% of the total expenditure. He said most of the funds would b... Read more

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