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Nation and CABA conflict shows that co-participation must be scrapped

The conflict between the federal government and CABA exposes the co-participation’s exhaustion. Instead of insisting on a new co-participation law, taxing powers must be returned to the provinces. For the Northern areas, a convergence fund should be rolled out to accelerate their social development. (more…)

Death of 4 to 6 children per day could be avoided

Under-five mortality in Argentina is higher than in Chile and Uruguay. The close to being approved by Congress “1,000 Days Plan” will not solve this deficiency. This Plan will deepen the chaotic overlapping of actions between the federal and the provincial jurisdiction. A public sector modernization is needed instead. (more…)

Half of the wages are below the poverty line

The poverty line is close to the median level of formal business wages. It means that many people cannot manage to get out of poverty even when they have a registered private job. This is the consequence of woeful public policies that destroyed productivity. (more…)

Change in indexing rule dos not solve the pension crisis

Once again, the pensions indexing rule generates intense controversy. It is overlooked that the pension system’s main problems are the indiscriminate granting of benefits without contributions through moratoria and privilege benefits. The indexing rule does not replace the necessary reform to tackle these problems. (more…)

Half a million excluded from the AUH due to state neglect

The national government generically announced the expansion of the Universal Child Allowance (AUH). To achieve this goal, it is not advisable to eliminate the educational and health conditionalities. What is needed is to reduce the bureaucracy of the State to control conditionalities in a more effective way. (more…)

By reforming the public sector, devaluation can be avoided

The primary source of pressure on the official dollar is the excess of money printing. Therefore, the government decided to stop the issuance by switching to debt financing temporarily. This is an effective strategy for the short term. However, to avoid a costly devaluation, a comprehensive State reform is needed. (more…)