HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?JUAN ALFREDO PINTO

AMBASSADOR OF COLOMBIA TO INDIA COLOMBO-SRI LANKA

AUGUST 2008

FROM INTENTIONS TO REALITIES. FROM THE INTANGIBLE TO THE CONCRETE FROM THE ETHEREAL TO THE MATERIAL FROM THE LYRICISM TO THE REAL COOPERATION. FROM STATEMENTS TO FACTS AND FIGURES FROM MICRO -EXAMPLES TO MACRO-ECONOMIC

INPUTS

OLD PATTERNS NATURAL CONDITIONS AND

RESOURCES GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION SIMILAR OFFER FROM NON

ALINED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS

AN UNIVERSE OF TECH -TAKERS AND BUYERS

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOW NORTH-NORTH AND NORTH-SOUTH

NEW PATTERNS CREATED CONDITIONS LOCATION AND SPECIALIZED

PRODUCTION WIDE DIFFERENCE IN THE

LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT AMONG NAM STATES

A GROUP OF POWERFUL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS TECH-GENERATORS.

NEW POWERFUL ACTORS FOR FDI SOUTH-SOUTH

ENLARGEMENT OF THE INFORMAL MICRO-ENTERPRISE SECTOR.

HIGH CONCENTRATION AND TRANSIT FROM SMEs TO MSEs

SMEs: DECLINING MANUFACTURE SECTOR, EXPANDING IN THE COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE SECTORS

BOTTOM-UP STRATEGIES ARE ENTERING CONSUMERS BUT ARE NOT HELPING THE EMERGENCE OF PRODUCERS

SERVICES SECTOR IS DYNAMIC IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME

INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING IS OFTEN A RACE AMONG LOW SALARIES ECONOMIES

ASOCIATION PROCESSES ARE A SUITABLE ANSWER BUT NOT AN UNIVERSAL ONE.

MIXED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEASURES ARE BASIC IN CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC POLICY.

PUBLIC POLICY MUST AVOID TO CONFUSE PRODUCTS OF DEVELOPMENT WITH GENERATORS FOR ...(POLEMIC CASES OF TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INCUBATORS,ETC.

TECHNOPRENEURS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

TOURISM COMMUNAL SERVICES FOR SMALL VILLAGES

AND NEIGHBOURHOODS. MANUFACTURE NICHES AND

MICROMARKETING SPACES RETAKING PRIMARY SECTOR IN

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

1. FDI FROM POWERFUL INDUSTRIAL NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES TO EMERGING COUNTRIES OF NAM

2. FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROCESS HAS TO INTEGRATE SMEs AT NATIONAL LEVEL

3. STRENGTHEN CATALYSTS FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION LIKE - NAM S&T CENTER- AND THEIR RELATION WITH MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS

4. HORIZONTAL COOPERATION USING SPECIFIC STRENGTHS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS i.e.:

JEWLERY IN SRI LANKA PROCCESED FRUITS IN THAILAND OIL DERIVATIVES IN VENEZUELA BIOPRODUCTS IN CUBA PHOSPHATES IN MOROCCO FLOWERS IN COLOMBIA

PROMOTING BRANDS OF MEDIUM SIZE GLOBAL FIRMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM. eg: LISIM

AND… IN THE PUBLIC POLICY:

◦ COMING BACK TO THE BASIC ( HIGH STANDARD EDUCATION ,

◦ PUBLIC GOODS AND SERVICES OF QUALITY, IMPROVING LOGISTIC CHAIN AND DEMOCRATIC ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES.

◦ FULL BATTERY OF INSTRUMENTS TO PROMOTE TECHNOPRENEURSHIP.

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