DR growth still up.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its preliminary overview of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008, projects that the DR will end 2008 with a 4.5% growth rate; this is the lowest economic growth in the last four years but still ranks higher than some nations in the region, reports DR1 Daily News (Dec. 19, 2008). GDP per capita will register a 3% growth rate, according to ECLAC. Foreign direct investment reached US$2.353 billion in Sept. 2008, up 133% from 2007. ECLA warns of a dependency on remittances, which make up 10% of GDP.