Top 10 best reads to understanding Jamaica’s SEZ Regime
Here are the top ten best reads to understanding Jamaica's Special Economic Zone Regime and the mandate of the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority. Click on the button to expand the story.
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How G20 nations can help young entrepreneurs with their businesses
Looking at the latest media coverage, one comes to the conclusion that it is “en vogue” to be an entrepreneur as a young person. In fact, digitization offers young people as many opportunities as ever to start a business and to do business, even across borders. Governments and organizations are also happy to make contact with young entrepreneurs and meet… Continue reading "How G20 nations can help young entrepreneurs with their businesses"
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The law and autonomous vehicles: top six articles from the World Economic Forum
Diverless cars have already hit the roads but what happens if one of them hits you? In other words what is the legal framework that governs this and other expressions of the so called Fourth Industrial Revolution?
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The law as a economic development tool: a personal insight
The law as an economic development tool - really? Then I though yes, really! The law or better put the rule of law is a critical, if not the critical, piece of soft infrastructure that makes everything else work. No development - economic, social or environmental - can be sustained without the rule of law.
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China’s Special Economic Zone experience… seven things Jamaica has learnt
The strategic and focused use of special economic zones (SEZs) as a development tool holds a special – pun intended – place in China’s story. And as Jamaica embarks on its own journey using its modernized SEZ framework, China’s journey holds valuable insights into the remarkable transformational power of SEZs.
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A business component roadmap to Jamaica’s logistics centered economy
How is the Hub being implemented? What are the timelines? What is the economic value proposition? What type of industries will be attracted to the hub? What strategy will be used to attract the leading global companies? How will the hub be financed? What are the opportunities for local businesses?
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International Financial Services: Dubai and Abu Dhabi authorities collaborate
This collaboration has at the heart of it the application of the highest global standards, standards which are being used as a means to maintaining competitiveness. Given the greater scrutiny that jurisdictions that operate international financial services centres have come under in recent times expect to see more of these types of collaborations.
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The expanded Panama Canal and port expansion along the US East and Gulf coasts
The expanded Panama Canal is an important catalyst for these port investments, it is only one factor that is driving the port investments on the US east and Gulf coasts. As logistics, and particularly the transport component, continue to evolve only time will tell if these investments are justified.