Business View Caribbean | June 2019

50 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JUNE 2019 or 11 percent at any given time, the business just doesn’t add up. So, we are very thoughtful of that. To be honest, there is no need for the spikes in the devaluation of the currency. I think Jamaica has to deploy more fiscal management from a finance perspective to guarantee some level of consistency for the manufacturing sector, which may be the largest sector employer in Jamaica. “Manufacturing is never easy – it’s not a sexy job, as I like to say. We have both internal and external challenges, being on an island. However, if we had a mutually formed framework on behalf of the public and private sector… the private sector pushes for this daily. We have a very big lobby group and we’re very vocal. We do not relax, we do not rest, because we push for the greater good of the country. So, I think the Jamaican government has to take that into consideration – there’s a sacrifice that the private sector makes. There’s a lot of hard work and dedication behind it and a lot of risk involved.” BVC: What investments are you making to grow the business? Vaswani: Jamaica has made significant investment in all sectors; manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, business process outsourcing. The Statistics Institute recorded 100,000 new jobs in Jamaica in pictured above Managing Director, Krishna Vaswani Vent ut exerunt quaernam, consequi con pro eniet omnis ea nisquae sequi utatem atur santur mos quunt, si sume volent fugia nusae nis nisiminvelit el ipsam deres idis et la velicillam et, quodips undebite vendemp oriatib eatatem ius ratur ad quatur, quam utendam, officidel explignatur modio. Nemoluptam quiamus accae numquatio offictia dolupta tessinimus dolest, ut aut desererae por ad ent et ea pos dentisinus, quo eatet ati to totaeriam de nus eniendis iliqui nonsequ iatiunt. Int, consequam, seque voluptas di nistibus aditati oreperio ex eum ilitem ulpa sunt, suntur ad quodit, ommodig enihici conesequi conse nonsequatem. Enimustibus molore vellabor asperum quas eium cone doloressus, coria dolluptium, tet ommolorempos saperrum quam essi delibus eaquata tempore, velia delent landeles ut que peruntemquos volorep eresequi nem lam dolupta diciis que dendus quia volute venis et quibus, ut rem que porecabo. Ut vitatum dolectotate ium quia venim as aliquis derunti buscil eum fugiate il eossin conseque aut officia ssitiunt quat. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.website.com The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) was created in 1988, and is an agency of Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. The Agency is charged with promoting business opportunities in export and investment to the local and international private sector, and lobbying to improve the country’s business environment. JAMPRO is the country’s primary facilitator of foreign direct nvestment i o private sector projects and potential public private partnerships (PPP). Its aims to collaborate with Jamaican businesses in order to improve their p rformance, and their pene ration in inter ational markets. A major part of its mandate is also to promote Jamaica as a business destination. Today, JAMPRO is focus d in thr e lead divisions. The Sales and Promotions Division’s focus is to attract and facilitate investment by going out into international markets, targeting specific companies, and convincing tho compani s to invest in Jama ca. This division is also focused on helping Jamaican exporters find new export markets, as well exploit those undersupp ied markets lready identified. It organizes trade missi ns, promotes trade exhibition participation, and connects exporters with international buyers. JAMPRO’s second Division, Research, Advocacy and Project Implementation, evaluates the business environment and how it can be improved and modernized to make doing business easier for the privat sector. The Marketing Division coordinates promotions around the country’s business brand, and drives the agency’s international promotions for key markets including the US, UK and Canada. JAMPRO considers itself the ambassador of the Jamaican brand and is continually focused on promoting investment and export opportunities in order to grow the country’s economy and enhance the life of its citizens. JAMPRO wants the world to know that “Jamaica means business.” ...... For more informati n, please visit our website www.dobusinessjamaica.com JAMPRO 200