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Young People Urged to become Entrepreneurs

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke, is encouraging young persons, to take on entrepreneurial ventures, particularly those leaving tertiary institutions. “There is no better time to have an entrepreneurial venture than when you are young…...

Small Business Encouraged to Take Advantage of $14 Billion Stimulus Package
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point as he closes the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 20. Listening keenly are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point as he closes the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 20. Listening keenly are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Finance Minister Announces Changes to Stimulus Package
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated (from left) are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated (from left) are Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

EXIM Bank Loans for Productive Sector to Increase to $9.3 Billion
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the opening session of the two-day XXII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, at the Bank of Jamaica in downtown Kingston on Monday (March 18).
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the opening session of the two-day XXII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, at the Bank of Jamaica in downtown Kingston on Monday (March 18).

Country Embarks on Next Phase of Economic Reforms

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PCDF), Dr. Wesley Hughes, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 15.
Finance & Public ServiceJIS Think Tank

CEO says PCDF has Accomplished Mission

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PCDF), Dr. Wesley Hughes, says the PCDF has accomplished its mission, and will be integrated into the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service as of March 31, 2019. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 15, Dr. Hughes said that all assets and a small amount of liabilities will...
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Opposition Spokesperson on Finance and Planning, Mark Golding, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12
Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Private Sector Encouraged to Get More Involved in Vocational Training

Opposition Spokesperson on Finance and Planning, Mark Golding, says the private sector should get more involved in the design and execution of vocational training programmes. Making his contribution to the 2019/2020 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12, Mr. Golding cited as an example, the Associate Degree in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Management that was introduced by...
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Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CBD), Dr. Justin Ram, addresses the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Finance & Public ServiceTransport

CDB Official Hails Jamaica Junior Market as Model for Financing Blue Economy

Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Justin Ram, says Jamaica’s Junior Stock Exchange (JSE) stands as a blueprint for how countries across the region could utilise the stock market in raising capital to support the blue economy. He said that a blended finance approach may be adopted in the initial stages of development, involving the private...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), peruses a document along with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, prior to the start of Friday’s (March 8) Government of Jamaica (GoJ)/IMF joint press conference at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston for the Fifth IMF Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (PSBA) Review.
Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Meets All Targets Under Fifth IMF PSBA Review

Jamaica has met all targets under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (PSBA) for the period ending December 2018. This is according to Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke, who indicated the Government’s concurrence with the IMF that Jamaica’s Economic Reform Programme remains strong, consequent on consistent policy implementation. “The Government has met all 22...
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