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Friday, June 24, 2011

Competition's essential role in development

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Two weeks ago I spent a weekend at Jamaica Grande with my son. I forgot to take my camera with me and therefore asked one of the roving phot...
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Saturday, June 04, 2011

Jamaica’s telecommunications industry

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THIS week CNN reported on an article titled "WHO: Cellphone use can increase possible cancer risk". I think that this is something...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

That FINSAC issue

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IT seems as if the Finsac issue will never settle down, as it has been debated by both sides of the political divide and civil society since...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

The role of fiscal policy

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FISCAL policy is the means by which a government adjusts its levels of spending in order to monitor and influence a nation's economy. C...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Achieving Vision 2030

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"JAMAICA, the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business" — Vision 2030 National Development Plan. If Jamaica b...
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Friday, April 08, 2011

Fervet — a model for national development

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"FERVET" is the first word of the Jamaica College (JC) motto — Fervet opus in campis. Translated, it means "Work is burning i...
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Friday, April 01, 2011

Long-term growth-inducement strategies

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THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in its growth strategy document, readily admits it was not called upon for long-term development. ...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

Energy again

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FROM early last year I pointed out that Jamaican businesses were feeling inflationary pressures and that as soon as the economic recovery st...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Inducing growth

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THIS week the PIOJ launched its plan for growth, titled "A GROWTH-INDUCEMENT STRATEGY FOR JAMAICA IN THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM". T...
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Friday, March 04, 2011

Oil and food price threats

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Last week I spoke to economic challenges in 2011 and businesses in particular. There are two primary reasons for this, one of which is the ...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 will be a challenging year

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Last year I indicated that in 2011 we could look forward to some recovery in the global and local economy. This will be more evident in the ...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

A SWOT analysis of Jamaica's economy Part 3

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OVER the past two articles I tried to develop a simplistic SWOT analysis and demonstrate the method that should be used to target the develo...
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