Business backs UNDP report

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The president of the National Council for Private Business (Conep), Lisandro Macarrulla, highlights the importance of the findings of the 2008 United Nations Human Development Report. He says the report should enable the nation to create an inventory of priorities that need to be addressed. Macarrulla hopes the report will serve as a catalyst for all sectors of society to understand the need to join forces to promote a national agenda with short, medium and long-term objectives. He said that the country needed to restructure its development model to solve the issues highlighted in the UNDP Report, as reported in Hoy. Macarrulla said that the sectors that had reported the highest growth rates were commerce, communications and finances, but these are not the ones that contribute most to improving people's quality of life. The business leader called for more support for productive sectors such as tourism, construction and manufacturing.
The president of the Association of Industry and Business of Santiago (ACIS) said the report has hit the nail on the head. He said that in the case of Santiago, no administration has made significant investments in a province that contributes 14-16% of the GDP. He called the research a serious and courageous effort.
The UNDP report was presented on Wednesday.
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