Building an Environment that is Open for Business

Now that we are ten days away from election day, I am remembering an article (http://urlcut.com/dchuck) that Delroy Chuck wrote about creating an environment in Jamaica that is business-friendly.

Beyond the politics of what he has to say, there is a truthful point. I recently opened a business here in Jamaica, and I finally received the legal papers in August 2007 after waiting from December, 2006.

In an earlier post entitled "The Thwarting of the Creative Class", I shared some research that showed that Jamaica's ranking among countries in terms of how easy it is to do business is terribly low, even after years of efforts to make things easier.