Client: Agence Française de Développement
Duration: 2020-2022
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: Dominican Republic
Solutions: Environment Climate
DAI developed a feasibility study and final designs for a climate adaptation program for the Yaque del Sur River Basin in the Dominican Republic. Intended to promote environmental and social resilience, the program is based on an integrated water resource management system and an adaptive social protection mechanism.
Funded through Agence Française de Développement’s Adapt’Action Framework, the study informed a shared vision of the objectives of basin management and the actions necessary to manage the basin’s water resources in accordance with the requirements of sustainable, economically viable, and socially equitable development.
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