Traditionally, I am a person that like to debate about anything, especially on boards such as this one. Since it's been a while since I have posted anything on DR1 due to the lack of interesting debates, here I will try to start something.
Human Capital Shuffling Plan
The Human Capital Shuffling Plan is an idea that has come into my mind in the past year or so. I started when I asked myself a simple question, how can the Dominican Republic go from third world to first world in a "quick" time period (ideally 10 year span)? I came up with what I call the Human Capital Shuffling Plan. This is what it is ...
Since industrialized nations have an overabundance of well educated peoples and developing nations have an overabundance of poor uneducated people I decided to think of a way that the two can "meet" in order to keep the first world in first world status and bring the third world up to first world status as well. Consider the Dominican Republic for example. If the government was to invite the leaders of the United States, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Japan, China, United Arab Emirates, and Israel to come to a meeting in the Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting is to convince the leaders of those nations to grant permanent visas to 300,000 dominicans. Assuming that 40% of the 8 million dominicans are wealthy and/or middle class, that would leave 60% or 4,800,000 to be classified as economically deprived dominicans (ie. poor people). If every single 4.8 million poor dominican person is to be granted a visa to one of the 16 industrialized nations I mentioned above, that would mean that each industrialize nation would only have to accept a mere 300,000 dominicans each. Considering how positive the dominican expat community has been in New York City where an estimated 89% of small grocery stores and many more small businesses are owned or managed by dominican immigrants, the acceptance of these mere 300,000 dominicans would have a high possibility of influxing those "rich" countries with highly entrepreneural peoples. That would mean a fresh jolt of ideas into their economies, which would mean more production, etc. etc. etc. This is all theoretically speaking, but that is how all business deals are made, on a theoretical note.
Lets say that the nations fell for it and they decided to give the visas to the 300,000 dominicans. Now there will be at least 300,000 dominicans living in at least 16 industrialized nations all over the world. The total population of the country would go in a matter of months from around 8 million to just 3.2 million. Those 3.2 million would constitute of middle class and wealthy dominicans (ie. the most economically productive people in the country). Under these conditions, the Dominican Republic would be considered as a first world nation since hardly any poor person would be left in the country. Then, assuming that the country has the ability to pick up some heavy loans, the government can try to "fix up" the infraestructure of the country. Build appropriate super highways, fix the pot holed ones, get rid of all the shacks and slums and grant those property left behind by the now expatriated poor dominicans to developers. Those developers would take areas like Capotillo (which under this plan would be absolutely desolate since everybody there is very poor) and the area can be developed with proper amenities for middle and upper income peoples.
Then lets say the country has "spiffed" itself up, the border with Haiti will have to be less porous which means the building of a wall where the border lies with openings at the "checkpoints" of entry (similar to the wall being built in Israel except that this wall would be a legitimate border barrier). Then the country or government would have to invite the CEOs of the multinational corporations from the US, Europe, and Asia to Santo Domingo. Offer them an unbeatable deal to relocate their jobs to the DR, since many of the high paying jobs are leaving the US anyways. Those corporations can move their headquarters or regional offices to the DR with the guarantee of reliable electricity, water, telecommunications, low taxes, and a beautiful and safe ambiance. Where will the work force come? This is when this plan could fall under some heavy criticism, but the DR can attract university graduates from places like India, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Poland, Haiti, etc. to relocate to the DR with the prospect of filling the higher paying job positions of the multinationals. The multinationals would be happy because of their lowered cost and the university graduates from many countries would be happy because they have a job position that would allow them to have a good life in the "new" dominican republic. With time every sector of the economy would be filled with qualified or semi-qualified people from around the world. Given the central location of the DR in the hemisphere, the DR could become a trading giant in this side of the world. And history has shown that most of the wealthiest countries of the world are wealthy not by luck or chance, but by being the middle man in international business. What do you think, assuming all other things constant, do you think such plan if launched accordingly would prove to be effective?? Type your full thought of this.
Human Capital Shuffling Plan
The Human Capital Shuffling Plan is an idea that has come into my mind in the past year or so. I started when I asked myself a simple question, how can the Dominican Republic go from third world to first world in a "quick" time period (ideally 10 year span)? I came up with what I call the Human Capital Shuffling Plan. This is what it is ...
Since industrialized nations have an overabundance of well educated peoples and developing nations have an overabundance of poor uneducated people I decided to think of a way that the two can "meet" in order to keep the first world in first world status and bring the third world up to first world status as well. Consider the Dominican Republic for example. If the government was to invite the leaders of the United States, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Japan, China, United Arab Emirates, and Israel to come to a meeting in the Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting is to convince the leaders of those nations to grant permanent visas to 300,000 dominicans. Assuming that 40% of the 8 million dominicans are wealthy and/or middle class, that would leave 60% or 4,800,000 to be classified as economically deprived dominicans (ie. poor people). If every single 4.8 million poor dominican person is to be granted a visa to one of the 16 industrialized nations I mentioned above, that would mean that each industrialize nation would only have to accept a mere 300,000 dominicans each. Considering how positive the dominican expat community has been in New York City where an estimated 89% of small grocery stores and many more small businesses are owned or managed by dominican immigrants, the acceptance of these mere 300,000 dominicans would have a high possibility of influxing those "rich" countries with highly entrepreneural peoples. That would mean a fresh jolt of ideas into their economies, which would mean more production, etc. etc. etc. This is all theoretically speaking, but that is how all business deals are made, on a theoretical note.
Lets say that the nations fell for it and they decided to give the visas to the 300,000 dominicans. Now there will be at least 300,000 dominicans living in at least 16 industrialized nations all over the world. The total population of the country would go in a matter of months from around 8 million to just 3.2 million. Those 3.2 million would constitute of middle class and wealthy dominicans (ie. the most economically productive people in the country). Under these conditions, the Dominican Republic would be considered as a first world nation since hardly any poor person would be left in the country. Then, assuming that the country has the ability to pick up some heavy loans, the government can try to "fix up" the infraestructure of the country. Build appropriate super highways, fix the pot holed ones, get rid of all the shacks and slums and grant those property left behind by the now expatriated poor dominicans to developers. Those developers would take areas like Capotillo (which under this plan would be absolutely desolate since everybody there is very poor) and the area can be developed with proper amenities for middle and upper income peoples.
Then lets say the country has "spiffed" itself up, the border with Haiti will have to be less porous which means the building of a wall where the border lies with openings at the "checkpoints" of entry (similar to the wall being built in Israel except that this wall would be a legitimate border barrier). Then the country or government would have to invite the CEOs of the multinational corporations from the US, Europe, and Asia to Santo Domingo. Offer them an unbeatable deal to relocate their jobs to the DR, since many of the high paying jobs are leaving the US anyways. Those corporations can move their headquarters or regional offices to the DR with the guarantee of reliable electricity, water, telecommunications, low taxes, and a beautiful and safe ambiance. Where will the work force come? This is when this plan could fall under some heavy criticism, but the DR can attract university graduates from places like India, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Poland, Haiti, etc. to relocate to the DR with the prospect of filling the higher paying job positions of the multinationals. The multinationals would be happy because of their lowered cost and the university graduates from many countries would be happy because they have a job position that would allow them to have a good life in the "new" dominican republic. With time every sector of the economy would be filled with qualified or semi-qualified people from around the world. Given the central location of the DR in the hemisphere, the DR could become a trading giant in this side of the world. And history has shown that most of the wealthiest countries of the world are wealthy not by luck or chance, but by being the middle man in international business. What do you think, assuming all other things constant, do you think such plan if launched accordingly would prove to be effective?? Type your full thought of this.