The processes of remanufacturing and re-agriculturalization of the domestic productive matrix, substantially reducing the deficits of internal fiscal accounts and foreign trade accounts, equitably distributing national income and assets, preserving natural spaces and resources, as well as human rights are some of the main challenges in economic matters that the Dominican Republic must face in this new year.
For the economist Luis H. Vargas, these challenges necessarily imply designing and applying agrarian, industrial, energy, labor, immigration, financial, social, environmental, cultural and state reforms formalized in strategies, policies, planning, laws and regulations based on agreements. national, regional and local with true community, business, union, government and municipal participation.
He raised the need to make short and medium-term pacts in accordance with territorial, democratic, organizational and gender parity criteria within the framework of the Economic and Social Council.
Vargas added that the key topics of analysis, debate and alternative proposals for solutions in the immediate future stand out, among others, the application of state interventions in view of the extinction of hunger, overcoming indigence and reducing poverty.
In addition, the “radical” reduction of the growing fiscal deficits registered in the electric energy business, the management of the central bank and the operations of non-electric public companies, the review of trade agreements – particularly the DR-CAFTA .
He advocated for the active participation of representatives of civic organizations in the process of preparing state budgets and draft laws in public institutions and in the approval process in the National Congress.
Also for the reopening of the dialogue tables and recommendations of the pacts on taxation, occupation, health, education, transportation, migration, energy, social security, food sovereignty and foreign relations, as well as the institutionalization of the popular consultations of the National Strategy developmental.
