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Op-Ed: Royann Dean on Building a Creative Economy in the Caribbean
Above: the Cayman Enterprise City project By Royann Dean Throughout election season in the region, we will inevitably hear talk about sustainable development. Sustainable is commonly synonymous with ‘environmental’ but also includes economic sustainability. Creativity is not likely to be […]
Tim Peck: For a Sustainable Tourism Model, Look to Antigua
Above: Carlisle Bay, Antigua By Tim Peck The Caribbean tourism industry waits with bated breath for the announcement of the OECS Common Tourism Policy on October 1. As the first policy of its kind for our region, a tourism blueprint […]
China, Jamaica Sign Agricultural Deals
China Vice Premier Hui Liangyu pledged his government’s commitment to helping Jamaica with its economic and social development, speaking at the beginning of his visit to the country yesterday. The two countries have shared relations for 39 years, and signed […]
Patterson Joins Haiti Investment Council
By the Caribbean Journal staff PJ Patterson, CARICOM’s special representative on Haiti and former Jamaican prime minister, has been invited to become a member of the newly-announced Presidential Advisory Council on Growth and Investment, an initiative of Michel Martelly and […]
Following UNESCO Nod, a Serious Look at Culture in Barbados
Above: St. James Parish Church After last week’s announcement that Bridgetown and its garrison had been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barbados Culture Minister Stephen Lashley said he hoped that heritage and culture would “be taken a bit more […]
Caribbean Must Shift Growth Strategy, according to World Bank Report
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean region, like the rest of the developing world, must refocus its strategies from crisis-fighting to structural reforms aimed at growth, according to this month’s Global Economic Prospects report from the World Bank. “Developing […]
U.S. General: Transnational Crime is the Greatest Threat to the Caribbean
Criminal gangs engaged in the transnational trafficking of drugs, guns and humans are the greatest threat to the region, according to Gen. Douglas Fraser, the head of the U.S. Southern Command. “The traffickers are well-financed and very capable,” he said, […]
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