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The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has identified significant investment in capital expenditure on infrastructure as among the major policy shifts in the government’s national budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024.

Executive Director of CAPRI Dr Damien King, who presented the the think-tank’s breakdown of the budget at The UWI Regional Headquarters, in Mona, St Andrew explained,”The capital expenditure of the budget is a key metric that we need to look at, and, in recent years, there has been a welcome increase in…

Many Jamaicans, when they hear the word “Diaspora,” immediately think of remittances. In reality, the contribution of Jamaican nationals abroad extends over a variety of fields. One area in which the impact has been significant is in healthcare. It becomes more apparent during current COVID-19 epidemic.

There are presently about as many Jamaicans who live abroad as there are on the island. According to statistics from the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), there are approximately 3 million people worldwide belonging to “…

A new study by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has estimated that the value of unpaid care and domestic work in Jamaica could be as much as $991 billion annually, or 45 per cent of gross domestic product.

The study, Who Cares: The Real Cost of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work was released by the think tank on Thursday evening.

It noted that there had been no valuation of such work, which is mostly done by women, and its study sought to find out what the monetary costs would be if domestic labour were not done…

From all accounts, after the abolition of user fees, patients poured into these facilities in search of treatment. It was reported in the first year after the fees were abolished that 16 per cent more patients were seen. The big question today, however, is this: Has the abolition of user fees improved equitable access to quality health services? If we listen to the assessment of Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott, the answer is a resounding no.

He had this to say recently: “People go to hospital and they spend days on a bench before…

NCB has been relentless in enforcing its digital vision since the onset of the pandemic when there was a shift towards more digital payments.

The financial conglomerate is said to have spent an estimated $500 million on the mobile wallet product, which not only aligns with the group's ambition and vision for digital inclusivity, but also with the Government's push for increased use of the Jam-Dex digital currency. 

According to a recent Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) research, Jamaica's unbanked and underbanked…

Natalie Campbell-Rodriques gave a state of the nation presentation in Jamaica’s Senate on Friday (9 September). During the speech ,she pointed to data produced by Jamaica Forums for Lesbians, All-Sexual and Gays (J-FLAG) on discrimination, ill-treatment and stigma against members of the LGBTQ+ community. J-FLAG’s survey, which polled 1,043 people, showed showed 50 per cent of those sampled had positive attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community on issues such as education. Sadly, the same poll found 67 per cent of respondents didn’t support…