Local News 15 Disincentives to Investment Barbados Today20/03/20240735 views Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne. While Prime Minister Mia Mottley outlined in her Budget a 15-point economy strategy, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne used the same number to identify disincentives to investment in Barbados: Excessive debt High taxes Austere economic measures High costs High inflation Rampant crime Significant poverty Slow-paced digitisation. A demoralised public service Slow business facilitation Poor roads and infrastructure Marginalised churches and NGOs Corruption Eroded democratic traditions Slow pace economic diversification