Informe PNUD 2008

[A.Hidalgo]

Originally Posted by Lambada

Does anyone else have views on this report? It isn't dry academic stuff, it's a real analysis of the country we call home. I'm going to be suggesting to all intending DR residents that it is required reading.

I was thinking the same thing. I was pleasantly surprised at how jargon free and easy to read the report is. A blueprint in the making if I may so bold to say.

[Chirimoya]

Here's a great write-up by our very own Ginnie:

Offshore Living News Offshorewave » Mobilising For Change In The Dominican Republic - by Ginnie Bedggood

[Lambada]

Originally Posted by Dolores

The most dramatic finding is that the province that has generated the most wealth in recent years, La Altagracia (where the tourism development has concentrated in Punta Cana) has dramatically low human development indexes.

And now Altagracia is fighting back - peaceful civic protest as outlined here:
La legÃ*tima rebeldÃ*a cÃ*vica de los higueyanos - Diario Horizonte - Noticias Dominicanas - Quisqueya

[cobraboy]

Originally Posted by Lambada

And now Altagracia is fighting back - peaceful civic protest as outlined here:
La legÃ*tima rebeldÃ*a cÃ*vica de los higueyanos - Diario Horizonte - Noticias Dominicanas - Quisqueya

There is a subtle irony of how the Altagracians complain about how tax revenues come FROM the province, yet are not redistributed back to them. That is, they don't want to support other provinces the gubmint thinks (perhaps in their un-wisdom) is more "in need" of those reveunes than they are. After all, to the Altagracians, they "earned" it. They want to keep more of what they "earned".

I agree, Ginnie, Hope Springs Eternal, but we may not agree on what flavor the "hope" is.

BTW-I fully support those people. They SHOULD be able to keep and direct much more revenue.