Is Government procurement a non fiscal incentive?
Government Procurement contracts is a very powerful, and yet often untapped, policy leaver to drive economic growth and development.
Category: Trade
What is an Economic Engagement Network and why is it important to your business?
Countries enter agreements between each other all the time for a variety of things. A burning question businesses frequently ask is how do they impact (positive or negative) me? For an Economic Engagement Network: the value is in the connections. In order to leverage this network and create value or mitigate any negatives for your business requires a total mindset change. Rather than viewing these agreements in isolation and disconnected I invite you to start viewing these agreements as networks and platforms that support global value chains.
Building an Economic Engagement network between Africa and the Caribbean
An Economic Engagement Network is about how nations can improve their competitiveness by finding and creating value through the complex interplay between the various agreements (e.g. trade, investment treaties, double taxation agreements, air service agreements, standards mutual recognition, etc.) that they enter between each other.
What is Global Economic Governance?
The global economic governance system not only limits but at times directs policy choice/options of policy makers especially in the developing world. It will come as no surprise then that policy makers ands investors alike take a keen interest in this system.
Logistics critical to the fabric of Jamaican society and economy
As a small island developing state (SID), for Jamaica, the matter of moving, transforming and adding value to goods, services, people, data and money — logistics — most definitely matter.
Covid-19 has clearly exposed the link between trade and health policies
The link between trade and health policies has become all the more important given #covid-19 pandemic. All 17 UN SDGs provide great policy guidance to policymakers at all levels on how to effectively deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
The role of the Jamaica Customs Agency in the regulation and monitoring of Special Economic Zones
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) plays a crucial role in the regulation and monitoring of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Jamaica.
Trade facilitation is investment facilitation
In a globalized world for Jamaica it is now facilitate or die. Trade facilitation is a must. And the SEZs have their role to play. For Jamaica’s Special Economic Zone Authority trade facilitation is investment facilitation.
Special economic zones and trade facilitation in Jamaica
It goes without saying but I will say it anyway, trade facilitation is important to the effective functioning of special economic zones (SEZ) in Jamaica or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
Carriage of Goods by Sea Law: moving from the sales contract to the transport contract
What is carriage of goods by sea law? It is about the law that underlines the transportation of goods (for the most part by sea). It takes what you have already learned in international shipping and tells you the law that is behind it all. It speaks to the rights, obligations and liabilities of all the parties involved in the shipping