Monday, February 25, 2008

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Unmet Needs Extraordinary

The concept of unmet basic needs emerged as a benchmark to measure poverty levels in a population and to act accordingly, using the necessary policy tools. It includes the following: inadequate housing, housing without services, severe overcrowding, truancy and high economic dependence. Through a series of questions asked of families determines the number of households that lack the features previously listed and based on these criteria are considered poor. This indicator, although not quite complete, offers elements, which allow a State to focus its social investment for the development of this population group.

Then the state that as a provider of public goods and services determines the amount and how the budget will go into solution and change of vulnerable population groups that fall under the concept of Basic Needs (UBN). Thus, there are investments in health, nutrition, education and housing focused on families as poor.

However, in addition to the above investments the state through its area of \u200b\u200bgovernment budget is also intended for other subjects such as sport and cinema, for example, which are regarded as social investment despite not fit into the criteria of the NBI.

Without denying the importance of representing the country in sport by helping to foster what Joseph Nye determined as "Soft Power" (1), and relevance of promoting the arts, in this case film, and historical memory and cultural expression in addition to also contribute to "soft power", the truth is that lack of these activities does not imply definitely be facing a NBI. In this context, rather to speak of a Special Needs Unmet (NEI), in which, without ignoring their importance for the country, could have a different investment scheme that may have the NBI. For

example, spent $ 8,000 million pesos for the preparation of the athletes who participate in the Olympics and still be considered an insufficient number to ensure optimum preparation, meaning that the athletes can not devote full time to his activity in preparation but must have a job that generates income support (2).

In contrast, a possible alternative would be to consider these investments with a focus on unique needs unmet (NEI), considering that these activities require an extraordinary investment of resources and encouraged in this way may the attainment of greater resources through partnerships with the private sector, which give tax cuts, but also generate self-sustainability in the system as follows: The athlete who receives an allowance or assistance, you must agree that if you receive extra income derived directly or indirectly from their activities and successes, such as prizes, advertising or sponsorship contracts, allocate a percentage of that money to a fund to continue helping other athletes in training in the medium term could happen to the athlete who is currently contributing and repeat the cycle of aid.

is true that in the case of the country are not as developed athletes revenue from advertising, as in the States or Europe. However, the athlete would not be affected, since its contribution would be for a fixed period (five years, for example), and only when you have income from their sporting success, which the State has contributed to subsidize its preparation. Ie if you get income from other activities such were not subject to tax.

The idea would then cover this type of Extraordinary Needs Unmet (NEI), through extraordinary income as well, since they are conditional upon the success of the subsidized athlete, but in the current scheme does not contribute to further develop new generations of athletes representing country well, no matter what sporting and economic success with the help of the State in its preparation of high level. ----------------------------------------


(1) strategies of cultural diplomacy (and sports) that are to promote the values \u200b\u200bthat identify them as a nation state, in such a way as to make them attractive, generating interest in their country. North South Foundation. In: http://www.fundacionnortesur.org/raiz/simposio.html (query: February 25, 2008)
(2) High Performance Athletes Colombians have to work outside the quadrilateral and tracks. El Tiempo. February 15, 2008. Sports Section.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

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Argentina, in December. 2007. Red-faced

has cost me much much sit down and take a while to update the blog (more than six months I think, haha), but certainly not because I was missing photos.
This December I was lucky to go 'to cap' to Argentina, I leave here part of what I saw in Buenos Aires.
Most of the photos were taken in the neighborhood of San Telmo and La Boca. Some of the authors, / I have managed to locate it, others do not know who they are.


( Elodie )

( Elodie , detail of the previous picture / detail of the Above picture )


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( Gualicho )


09/02/2008: (The abnormal - message of Elodie / message from Elodie )


("Artist / s? / Artist / s? )


(Detail / previous photo detail of the Above picture )



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(Detail from previous photo / detail of the picture above )


(Elodie ¿?)


(Mural Collective, artists ¿? / Collective mural artist? )



It was hard to sit down and take the time to update the blog (last entry was Six months ago, I think), though I had enough pictures for a Few posts .
Last December I was in Argentina, I leave here some bit of what I saw.
I Tooker most of the Photograph On the Neighborhoods of San Telmo and La Boca . Could I find Some of the authors, But Not All of Them. PD


Well Paul ... You see I updated, haha. PD

As you can see, I finally updated the blog, Paul, hehe.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

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jokes Jokes or signalized Market economists

Humor is essential and inherent part of being human. The ability to laugh at ourselves is also a healthy self-criticism to acknowledge our shortcomings and understand that we can improve. For economists, we are often criticized (sometimes for no reason and many others with her) by the tendency to make economic assumptions considered infallible and make predictions about events that are subject to great uncertainty, this is obviously taking a position Oracle, that raises us above other social sciences and aims which Icarus impetuous, close to the sun in the exact sciences. In reality, the economy is far from infallible formulate theorems and postulates, which does not involve however, that can not deliver and analyze social facts with clarity and applicability to improve the environment and the society.
In summary, I believe that the economy rather than the fault is in some economists, those who pontificate and regard his word as axiomatic. For them, these jokes are dedicated:

1. On the death of Einstein, this is going to heaven and meets three characters. At first they asked about his IQ and the 190 responds. "Perfect, I can discuss with you about the contributions made by Rutherford in the field of physics and we can discuss about my theory of relativity." Make the same question the second man and this 150 replies. "Well, I'd love to discuss the UN role in post-Cold War world and combat terrorism in a globalized world." The third man approaches and tells Eintein, I have 50 points of IQ. Eintein pauses and says: "What is your projection of unemployment and inflation for next year?

2. How many economists of the Chicago School are required to change a light bulb?
Answer: None. If the bulb needs to be changed, the market will take care of it.

3. What is the difference between an economist and a disoriented old man with Alzheimer?
Answer: The economist is the one the calculator.

4. An economist is someone who knows what he is talking about and makes you feel guilty about it.

5. Two economists are walking down the street when they see a pile of manure in the soil. One of them tells the other: "I give you $ 20,000 if you eat that piece of dung." Conducting a cost-benefit analysis the second economist thinks that would optimize its utility by eating it, so what does and collects money. It was later found another pile of manure and this time the second economist who proposes the first to eat a piece of manure in exchange for $ 20,000. The first economist also performs a cost-benefit analysis and access to the transaction, getting the money.
keep walking and the second economist commented to the first: "Hey, shit and we both ate the same amount of money. Do not think we're better than before." The first economist then replicated. "That's true, but have not taken into account that we have made a trade worth $ 40,000"