Strengthening the resilience of the global semiconductor supply chain is a key priority for policymakers worldwide. The high concentration of critical segments of this supply chain in a limited number of regions increases vulnerability to disruptions. The OECD, through the Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Digital Policy Committee, is helping design policies to enhance semiconductor supply chain resilience, including efforts to increase diversification by developing local semiconductor ecosystems.
This report, Review of the Dominican Republic’s Enabling Environment for the Semiconductor and Microelectronics Industries, contributes to these goals. It combines analysis of aggregate and firm-level economic data with almost 40 stakeholder interviews to deliver actionable policy recommendations to develop semiconductor and microelectronics industries in the Dominican Republic.
The project began in October 2024 and benefitted from a fact-finding mission to Santo Domingo in November 2024. The project was made possible with financial support from the Dominican Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MICM). The work helped inform the drafting of the Dominican Republic’s National Strategy for the Promotion of the Semiconductor Industry (Estrategia Nacional de Fomento a la Industria de Semiconductores), published in August 2025, which draws on, among other inputs, much of the analysis and many of the recommendations contained within this report.