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Wednesday | September 18, 2013
THE GLOBAL Competitiveness Report helps to explain why some countries are more prosperous than others by assessing the important factors that contribute to economic growth and a country's ability to increase its population's income. The report is a guide for policymakers and business leaders in their attempts to formulate the appropriate structural reforms to move their countries forward. The report assesses each country's competitiveness in this globalised world, highlighting that policymakers must avoid complacency and should industriously continue to implement proper reforms and investments necessary to guarantee that their countries can provide thriving economies and employment for its citizens.
by Dr. Andre Haughton
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September 2013
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, September 18, 2013
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended a one day meeting here Tuesday agreeing to the formation of a Commission on the Economy as they seek to revive the ailing economies of the 15-member regional grouping.
Peter Richards
CMC -Read here: http://www.caribbean360.com/
September 2013
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday September 12, 2013
Russia says it is willing to help the Caribbean explore for oil and gas as well as deal with the impact of the global economy.
(CMC)
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September 2013
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday September 12, 2013
Barbados has praised China for its continued support for the socio-economic development of the island as the two countries signed a multi-million dollar agreement on Wednesday.
(CMC)
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September 2013
Santiago Chile, Thursday September 12, 2013
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has predicted that regional exports will grow by 1.5 per cent and imports by 4.5 per cent respectively this year.
(CMC)
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September 2013
The BRIC acronym was coined by Goldman Sachs back in 2001 to describe four of the leading emerging markets of the time: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
September 2013
September 9 2013
U.S. manufacturers are "cautiously optimistic" that growth will continue this year amid an uptick in sales and production, though many cite uncertainty over U.S. government policy as a concern, according to a survey from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica
Reuters
September 2013
September 9 2013
World trade is expected to grow by 2.5 percent this year and 4.5 percent in 2014, the World Trade Organization's new chief Roberto Azevedo said on Monday, revising down previous estimates of 3.3 percent and 5 percent.
Reuters
Read here: http://www.reuters.com/
September 2013
ROME Sep 5, 2013
Global food prices fell in August for the fourth month running, according to the United Nations' food agency which again raised its 2013/14 forecast for grain production.
by Catherin Hornby
(Reuters)
Read here: http://www.reuters.com/
September 2013
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia Thursday Sep 5 2013
The BRICS group of emerging economies will contribute $100 billion to a fighting fund to steady currency markets destabilized by an expected pullback of U.S. monetary stimulus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
By Lidia Kelly and Alessandra Prentice
(Reuters) (Additional reporting by Katya Golubkova and Alexei Anishchuk in St. Petersburg, Peroshni Govender in Pretoria and Pascal Fletcher in Johannesburg. Writing by Douglas Busvine, editing by Mike Peacock)
Read here: http://www.reuters.com/
September 2013
NEW YORK | Thu Sep 5, 2013
U.S. private employers added 176,000 jobs in August, nearly matching economists' expectations for the month, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Thursday
REUTERS (Reporting by Luciana Lopez; Editing by James Dalgleish and Chizu Nomiyama)
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September 2013
September 5, 2013
Mobilising Stakeholders, ampliying the region's voice
Bevil Wooding
Trinidad Business Guardian
Read here: http://www.guardian.co.tt
September 2013
Sunday August 25, 2013
Jamaica has been ranked as possibly the worst place for women to do business in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Keisha Hill: Sunday Glean Writer
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August 2013
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday August 22, 2013
China may still be classified as a “developing” country because of its per capita income, but that is as far as the description is pertinent. In almost every other way China is in the league of developed nations.
Sir Ronald Sanders
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August 2013
August 6 2013
The WTO and the World Bank have agreed to jointly develop and maintain a database on trade in services, an area that is becoming increasingly important and yet for which little information is publicly available. The joint database covers various sectors in more than 100 countries, such as financial, transportation, tourism, retail, telecommunications, and business services, including law and accounting.
WTO 2013 NEWS
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August 2013
August 2nd 2013
Creating an efficient production flow eliminates border friction issues. Ecommerce is a key selling channel, leading the way in making it possible for all businesses to reach international markets. Let’s face it: Technology fuels growth and dominates every aspect of the customer online experience. Marketing drives sales. Fulfillment centers and transportation carriers help get the products efficiently to the customer’s door — wherever they might be located. But none of this is easy, especially when it comes to border friction.
by Laurel Delaney
Read here: http://blogs.pb.com/
August 2013
August 6 2013
The BRICs (Brazil, Russia India and China) are the focus of many companies’ foreign direct investment strategies, accounting for a combined 39.2% of total foreign direct investment inflows to emerging markets in 2012. Yet this approach overlooks many other emerging markets which may be far easier to do business in.
Analyst Insight by Carrie Lennard, Government, Labour and Education Manager, Euromonitor International
Read here: http://blog.euromonitor.com/
August 2013
Tuesday July 23, 2013 NEW YORK, USA
The seventh general meeting of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), its associated institutions and the United Nations began here yesterday with Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque underscoring the importance of providing aid to developing countries like those in the Caribbean to ensure their future socio-economic development.
(CMC)
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July 2013
SOUTH CAUCASUS Brussels, 22 July 2013
The European Union and Georgia today successfully concluded negotiations for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as part of the Association Agreement between them. The Association Agreement, together with the DCFTA, will provide for the close political association and economic integration of Georgia with the EU.
EU Commission Press Release
Read here: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/
July 2013
Georgetown, Guyana, Wednesday July 17 2013
The economies of the Caribbean are in serious difficulties, so local companies must look for export markets out of the region, said Dr Anthony Gonsalves, senior fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies (UWI).
(CMC)
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July 2013
July 4, 2013
The economies of the Caribbean are in serious difficulties, so local companies must look for export markets out of the region, said Dr Anthony Gonsalves, senior fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies (UWI).
RAPHAEL JOHN_LALL
Read here: http://www.guardian.co.tt/
July 2013
Thursday July 11, 2013
T&T and the rest of Caricom must become globally competitive or perish. This is the advice Gerry Brooks, chief operating officer, ANSA McAL Group, gave if T&T is to survive in a competitive world where everything is uncertain.
by RAPHAEL JOHN_LALL
Read here: http://www.guardian.co.tt/
July 2013
Tuesday July 16, 2013
Four of Jamaica’s major private sector organisations have formed a broad-based Private sector Working Group to examine and make recommendations on the CARICOM and other free trade agreements.
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July 2013
Thursday July 11 2013
The economy of Barbados seems to have fallen from the height of prosperity it enjoyed ten years ago. In 2003, a survey by United Kingdom-based The Economist magazine showed that only the United States, Canada and the Bahamas had higher incomes per capita in the western hemisphere.
The Trinidad Guardian
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July 2013
Thursday July 11, 2013
The slow pace of public sector reform is hampering T&T’s ability to move up on the international competitiveness index, a leading academic from the University of the West Indies’ Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (Lok Jack GSB) has said.
by ALEEM KHAN
Read here: http://www.guardian.co.tt/
July 2013
