Abstract
Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Dominican Republic represents an attempt to recast the neo-liberal project in the Americas. In this article, we illustrate this by analyzing the government's April 2005 report concerning the preliminary needs assessment of what the country would have to accomplish to meet the MDGs by 2015. We conclude the implementation process chosen suffers from a civil society deficit. It privileges the policy requirements and prescriptions of neo-liberal market forces that are represented by supranational and national actors and agencies. We suggest an alternative approach whereby achievement of the MDGs can be grounded in active citizenship participation.