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Agriculture & Agro-industry -- again!
Parry BellotApril 23, 2017One of Dominica's good economic times was when Dominica Coconut Products was in full bloom, from the mid-1960's till the turn of the century when (under new owners Colgate Palmolive) ...
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Sometimes public servants actually excel
Parry BellotApril 14, 2017It is well known that I am a generally critical of the public service in respect of a systematic (and cultural?) tendency to under-perform. Just by empirical day-to-day evidence (ask ...
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Can the IMF and the EU make productivity enhancement more ...
Parry BellotApril 7, 2017From the IMF report of 24 March 2017: "…better target education programs in order to improve labour productivity…" From the 2016 / 2017 literature of the NAO / EU launching ...
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Plans for a replacement CRUISE SHIP BERTH?
Parry BellotApril 1, 2017I was a little surprised that, neither in the formal announcement by the Permanent Secretary of ministry of planning for another consultancy to facilitate developing further various aspects of Dominica's ...
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Even in 2017, OECS countries must still advocate for Special ...
Parry BellotFeb. 22, 2017Last week's major PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM highlighted some of the many challenges still faced by local manufacturers. A key one that remains is what is sometimes "unfair" competition – not ...
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Continuing the Onward March with Geo-Thermal
Parry BellotFeb. 7, 2017News out just this week confirms that New Zealand has signed on to assist in a substantial way Dominica's progressive efforts to successfully exploit its considerable geo-thermal resources. Not afraid ...
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Achieving & Sustaining Development
Parry BellotDec. 17, 2016Managing development, like managing any other process as we REBUILD DOMINICA BETTER, entails setting goals and adopting strategies to attain those goals. It certainly helps if we are clear what ...
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Dealing with Trump and Other Troublesome Matters
Parry BellotDec. 12, 2016The last three weeks have not seen a world poised for stability and growth! Indeed, much of the globe is still trying to accept Donald Trump as President-Elect of the ...
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How best to deal with LIAT
Parry BellotDec. 3, 2016Recently LIAT announced it was cutting off Nevis from its serviced routes, presumably to reduce LOSSES based on low passenger haul. Good move, but much more needs to be done ...
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All of Us TOGETHER – Sustainably!
Parry BellotOct. 19, 2016In the upcoming INDEPENDENCE issue of LINK magazine (it makes for FABULOUS reading, even if I say so myself…) there is this remarkable quotation from the BIBLE (Matthew 13:30):
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Making it easier to buy local
Parry BellotOct. 16, 2016The efforts by the DMA, DEXIA, the Ministry for Commerce and Small Business, and the Dominica Coalition of Service Industries are to be applauded for last month's effort s at ...
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