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I beg to differ on Rio+20

Por Gonzalo Pizarro

Photo: United Nations

I have two confessions to make. I was in Rio+20. I am also a cynic by nature.  My motto in life is “always suspect the worse in others and you’ll rarely be disappointed”.

I was a part of UNDP’s team preparing for, and then part of our delegation.  I have been following what the expectations have been about the Convention, as well as what it was really going to be about.

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Microsimulación fiscal: Una nueva herramienta desde PNUD

Por Eduardo Ortíz-Juárez

¿Qué impuestos y qué nivel de recaudación pueden dar señales de una sostenibilidad fiscal de largo plazo? ¿Qué grupos poblacionales son los más afectados y beneficiados con una determinada reforma? Sigue leyendo esta nota

¿Por qué fracasan las naciones?

Por George Gray Molina

Foto: Heart Industry

A veces dan ganas de leerse un libro de 500+ páginas, pero no está a la mano ni Ulises ni Guerra y la Paz. Para esos casos, recomiendo el libro de Acemoglu y Robinson. Sigue leyendo esta nota

Two years on, Haiti rebuilds

Por Marc-André Franché

Photo: UNDP Haiti

During her recent visit to Haiti, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark was struck by the sharp contrast between Haiti’s streets today and the scenes of destruction and desolation she witnessed just a few days after the January 2010 earthquake.  In fact, anybody visiting these places today in Port-au-Prince, extending out to Léogâne and south to Jacmel, will recognize how much has been done in the last two years.  Such visible progress is striking in light of the earthquake’s tragic death toll, the destruction of every ministry building, the loss of 30% of Haiti’s public servants, added to that a continual cycle of storms and the more recent cholera epidemic, which began in late 2010.   Such progress is a mark of what is possible in Haiti and the limitless dedication of Haitians towards rebuilding their country and the unprecedented solidarity and support from the international community.

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