DR no longer a "failed state.".
The DR has been removed from a list of failed states, reports DR1
Daily News (June June: see month. 26, 2007). In 2005, The Fund for Peace published its
list in Foreign Policy magazine and ranked the DR in 19th place with an
average score of 94.2 out of a possible 120. The DR was listed along
with countries like Haiti Haiti (hā`tē), Fr. Haïti (äētē`), officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,122,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western third of the island of Hispaniola. , Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. and Somalia. Since then the country has
made some progress in transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. , the economy is stronger and human
rights violations have decreased. The DR is now 69th on the list with an
average of 80.6, meaning it is no longer in the "failed state"
category. Details: www.fundforpeace.org/web.
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