CARICOM has re-established a CARICOM Commission on the Economy, with Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of Barbados on Investment and Financial Services, Professor Avinash Persaud, returning as its chairman.
This announcement came from Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, at a press conference, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Thursday, about issues pertaining to the just concluded CARICOM Heads of Government meeting.
He said that Professor Persaud presented an interim report at the conference that gave broad outlines on how the commission identified the problems facing the region, and what solutions they believed were appropriate for economic development.
“Professor Persaud was very clear that we now have to pursue a people-centred developmental model, where the emphasis will have to be on education, skills and innovation. He was very clear that we have to take concrete measures to solve the problems of intra-regional transport, [and] freight, as well as people. And the fundamental thinking of the commission is that we have to create greater access.
“The buzzword he used, or the central word was…access for our people. Our people must have enhanced access to financial resources; enhanced access to the banking system, to education, to training, to health services; [and] access to every citizen. We must now, in going forward, pursue a people-centric developmental model based around the idea that we must enhance access of the individual citizen to education, to entrepreneurial [and] financing opportunities; access in ownership of wealth, [and] access in every dimension,” Ambassador Comissiong outlined.
The commission is expected to report in six months, with a fully fleshed out action plan based on those broad principles.
Last year, CARICOM Heads of Government reconstituted a high-level commission on the economy led by Professor Persaud of Barbados, comprising experts with regional and international reputations to help CARICOM craft a new economic developmental strategy, and to break the syndrome of low growth and economic stagnation that many member states have been experiencing since the onset of the global economic crisis in 2008.
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Wunna killing me dead hey.
Unfortunately it’s not funny at all, because all uh wunna really killing all uh we.
why you all keep calling him Professor??
Is he the same man that was over the Failed Four Seasons Project,? I think so! Can anyone help me on this one?
The Caribbean’s most successful economic hustler, who holds on to that stupid British accent like a badge of honour. Imaging, this so-called Professor not even able to negotiate an agreement with the international creditors, even though he lists his credentials on-line, ten miles long. Even the great Owen Arthur doesn’t have any uses for him. So what’s his magic???
I don’t want to hear anything from him
This man pockets must be fat!
No Robinson Stevenson Hope, it was the economy Sinker AKA Sinckler. Are you clear now?
Johnny before you go out on that limb, is it because the negation process is being undermined by the former Gov. of the CBoB?
Carson, because he is eminently qualified. Darn! all of your boys are in a state of total confusion this morning and has to be corrected on every level. I Guess you haven’t recovered from the Friday brain bleaching treatment you received at George Street weekly.
Professor La la Belly full and getting fuller
The Pensioners Suffering
All thee Tricks turning into BRICKS and will fall back on BLP head
This One Term Government running amok
This government trying everything to look good, the more initiatives they engage the more failings.
What is this body, and the other Caricom private sector grouping costing the country. These things don’t come free, and they don’t come cheap. Why this man is being allowed to continue earning a pay packet if he’s failing to get his projects to completion? This government continuously trying to justify this man’s employment. What is it about him that attracted David Thompson, Hartley, and now Alice?
This Turban man is as misplaced in the cabinet as a bottle of Milo would be in a liquor cabinet. This government has more squared pegs in round holes than Ninja man as a sitting judge of the supreme court.