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The Government is looking to increase benefit levels for beneficiaries under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) by 15 per cent this fiscal year. The provision comes under the Social Protection Project, which is being strengthened with an allocation of $4 billion in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. It is anticipated...

The Government has set aside some $15 million for the development of a National Identification System (NIDS). As contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project, implemented in September 2011, seeks to establish a reliable system of identification for Jamaica citizens and other ordinary residents in the island, with a unique National Identification...

To further build institutional capacity in the execution of public sector transformation, $30 million has been allocated in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The bulk of the funds, $22 million, will go towards facilitating institutional capacity strengthening of the Public Sector Transformation Unit to establish the shared corporate service modality. It will also facilitate...

The Government has earmarked a sum of $2.4 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Jamaica Partner for Peace, Community of Practice project. The project, which is being funded by the United Nations Development Programme, aims to connect state entities, NGOs, civil society and international donor agencies online to engage in peer...

The Government’s drive to reduce the country's poverty level has been advanced with an allocation of $18 million for the Social Protection Support to Food Price Crisis project, in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security through funding from the Inter-American Development...

The Government has set aside $2.25 billion to continue work to improve the infrastructure along the northern coast of Jamaica. This will be done under the Northern Jamaica Development Project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, through funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), European Union (EU), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Overseas Economic...

Activities under the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offenders and Deported Persons programme should be significantly enhanced this year, through a $507 million provision in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. With support funding from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the project is intended to reduce the rate of re-offending amongst local...

In a continued bid to reform the public sector, $272 million has been set aside for the Public Sector Modernisation Programme II in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Office of the Cabinet with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica, the project seeks to enable...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) is set to receive a cash injection of $1.07 billion to carry out its work this fiscal year. This is set out in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. With funding support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Department for International Development (DFID), the project aims...

Activities under the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offenders and Deported Persons programme should be significantly enhanced this year, through a $81.2 million provision in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. With support funding from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the project is intended to reduce the rate of re-offending amongst local...

The Government is to continue work on the development of a National Spatial Plan for the country this year, following the allocation of an additional $14 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The plan, work on which commenced in January 2010, is being tailored to provide the strategic spatial framework to guide urban...

The Jamaica Economical Housing Project has been given $1.35 billion in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to upgrade infrastructure (water, sewer and roads) in rural communities of St. Ann and St. Elizabeth; provide affordable housing solutions in St. Elizabeth; and to alleviate the deficit of housing solutions in St. Ann, by...