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"Coffee? III: Remittances ...

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retomar: 1.Queramos or not we are a region. 2.La Caldas industry, tourism in Quindio and Risaralda Commerce, next to the building in general, have been guiding the region beyond the Café. 3.exe the need to address the training of our youth: but focused on what? 4. The central question is: What is our "regional bid" with added value? What works for him (ex?) Coffee?

Afternoon talks to The Nation and I believe, the Chamber of Commerce in Armenia, about the possibility of a series of leaflet-spiritual retreat (?) Of business leaders, media, church, state, community and academic capacity to affect the response to these and other questions. Hopefully they will give as it is clear that we need a "regional agreement on the essentials."

The region needs, as I write have laid eggs in different baskets, but requires sharing them, encourage them, promote them. Perhaps one of the first big bets is what to do with remittances. Did you know that some years to come in this way $ 800 million: about $ 1,600,000,000,000 spent almost all in "non-durable goods, especially food?. It is estimated that only in Pereira, 45 thousand families depend on remittances and it seems that Dosquebradas more.

is a huge, but huge amount of K, whose capital would be able to influence and coherent regional development has dissipated. One question: in addition to "build the house, how much of that money has been focused on entrepreneurial processes beyond the dependence on remittances both individual / family and collectively? Some things are done, yes: the Shrine / Risaralda there (?) DEVELOPMENT Association of sanctuary in a town in the U.S. there is another called Montenegro / CIVIC Quindio, among other initiatives, which, fortunately or unfortunately focus on processes charitable, social solidarity with their compatriots.

We are still far from empowering the possibility of offering such remittances to generate economic growth: what happened when many immigrants had to return and / or returned recently? What we missed? And especially, because remittances are, what we still lack?: Promote new channels and tools that foster productive investment for local development. Working with migrants and their families to channel those resources into concrete action aimed at sustainable progress in the region and of themselves: complex task ... but necessary.

PEREIRA *** 2012/15 IV (I. Entrepreneurship; II. Education quality; III. Management for the center) Corruption: Who is ruling, you must set an example, second to almost "paranoid "with the theme: a sustainable doubt he or the staff / contractor must go. Also it needs from the same local state encourage and promote citizen oversight. A MUNICIPAL Veeduría responsible for this work.

ADD: I accept the pulling of ears (via Twitter @ orlandoparrag) in the survey CM & Hall, is true: 28% of respondents, nearly 1 in 3, said "Do not Know / No Answer"