Hemisphere Focus - Vol. 07, Issue 4 — July 1, 1999

· The Dominican Republic now leads the world in economic growth.
· Political democracy is being institutionalized and power has passed to a new generation.
· Severe social problems remain and the campaign for the presidency in 2000 is already on.
· The Dominican Republic has made a breakthrough to development; it is one of the hemisphere's success stories of the 1990s.