TO November of 2024, 5.5 million Dominicans depended on some type of monthly income from the public resources that manages the Government Dominican, a figure that has expanded 45 % in just five years, because, in 2019, 3.8 million beneficiaries were barely counted.
In that sense, in 2022, 51.1 % of the population He received help from taxes paid by citizens, 3 % more than in 2023, according to an analysis of the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (You believe).
The entity underlines that in 2022, the authorities increased the number of beneficiaries of the programs of Subsidies to help them alleviate the high rates of inflation derived from the COVID-19 crisis, shooting in 47.9 % the percentage of the population that he received public resourcesbeyond the average annual 36 % between 2009 and 2021.
The dependents of these resources are divided into three groups:
- Members of the homes benefited by him program SUPER.
- Employees public registered in the Superintendence of Health and Occupational Risks (SISALRIL).
- State pensioners, according to the Address General retirement and pensions by the State (DGJP).
Tell yourselfhe program with the greatest number of Subsidies
“In 2020, the year in which the Covid-19 pandemic begins, Tell yourself closed the year with 962,431 household heads receiving that attendanceand became the transfers program with the largest number of receptors, “says the study that adds:” Almost four years later the number of cards granted increased by 528,745. Similar behavior, of increase, can be seen in programs Bonogás Home and in Bonoluz“
The analysis was directed by economist Miguel Collado Di Franco, executive vice president of the You believewith Víctor Borge, as research assistant. It specifies that for the purposes of the calculation of dependents, the program is always used with the greatest amount of beneficiaries And the other programs are not added according to the assumption that homes usually receive, at the same time, more than a certain help.
Bonogas Home (with 1,331,645 receptors), Bonoluz (547,746), el program Advanza (121,172) and the food supplement to aging (83,312) are the five programs that follow him with the largest number of beneficiaries to November of 2024.
In the aforementioned period, 4.5 million homes They would have received at least one transfer of the Dominican State.
Sisalril and pensions
In another part of the analysis, it is highlighted that, at the end of 2019, the data of the Superintendence of Health and Occupational Risks (SISALRIL) indicated that it had registered a total of 655,432 public employees. This figure varied, as of November 2024, “last available data”, to reach a total of 744,913. The calculated increase was 89,481 employeeswhich represents a growth of 13.7 % in the period, the study points out, published this month on the portal of the thought center.
In the case of pensionersthe Address General of Retirement and Pensions had 142,165 people in 2019, a figure that went to 241,811 in November last year, for an increase of 70.09 %.
The pensions special Quintiplica from 2020, going from being 10,163 in that year, to reach 51,658 pensioners.
Subsidies before Reforms
He You believe points out that these measures were taken by the Government to respond in the midst of a situation that could be used for the application of Reforms Structural
“Although at one time they look as a solution, and public policies are ignored to increase productivity and improvement of the business environment, the reality is unquestionable: Assistance measures do not replace employment creation policies; In addition to demonstrating that once implemented, a strong determination is needed to disassemble them, “he said.
The institution considers that the dependence growing of Dominicans that depend on resources public shows that, although the Figures GROWS GROWTH GROWTH OFFICIALS (GDP) and employment look favorable, “the foundations of the economy They have not strengthened. ”
“It is difficult to understand that the attendance social in quantity of beneficiariesin number of transfers and monetary amounts granted by individuals or families (…); In the same way, it is difficult to understand the increase in public employment and the growth of the number of pensions solidarity granted from resources of taxpayers, “he said.
