Description
Jamaica is best known for its music, food, beaches, and stunning natural environment. It is also the third-largest English-speaking country in the Americas, with a strategic location in the Caribbean that could position it as a future global logistics hub.
The Business Year’s country-specific publications, sometimes featuring over 150 face-to-face interviews, are among the most comprehensive annual economic publications available internationally.
This 180-page publication covers green economy, finance, energy, Montego Bay, IT and BPO, transport and logistics, real estate, infrastructure, and construction, agrobusiness and non-food agriculture, manufacturing, health, education, tourism, and entertainment. The report features dozens of interviews, including:
- Diane Edwards, President, JAMPRO
- Michael Lee-Chin, Founder and Chairman, Portland Holdings; Chairman, Economic Growth Council; Chairman, National Commercial Bank (NCB)
- Courtney O. Campbell, Group President & CEO, Victoria Mutual
- André Dixon, COO, Viking Productions
- Mauricio Pulido, CEO, GB Energy–Texaco
- Daniel Caron, Country Manager, Nestlé Jamaica Limited
- Douglas Gordon, CEO, CanEx Jamaica
- Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism
The publication also features a range of articles and analysis, including:
- Foreign investment
- JSEZA master plan
- Waste-to-energy plans
- Debt reduction
- Offshore exploration
- Digitalization
- Air transport
- Infrastructure projects
- National Farm Road Rehabilitation Program
- Brain drain
- Music as an alternative source of tourism
