At some point in time yuh haffi call a spade a spade

[Muadib]

<One of the most interesting recent examples from Jamaica's perspective, according to a conversation I had with Sharma in February, is the Philippines. For a long time, the economy was, relative to its East Asian neighbours, relatively stagnant, and very similar to Jamaica in terms of its economic structure, reliant on remittances and tourism, some agricultural exports and a bit of light manufacturing. Over the past five years, the economy has seen an economic transformation, primarily on the back of a dramatic expansion of the business process outsourcing industry, which on some measures now exceeds that of India in size. In 2011, the industry generated US$11 billion in revenues, and employed 640,000 people in the Philippines. One of their key advantages, like in Jamaica, was that they spoke English.>

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Oh wait.. almost forgot.. wi black.. white man ah fight gainst us..

After all.. it's in the Dictionary !

[Don1]

yep it's in the dictionary... dats beyond dispute

This is a nice article...reflecting the abject failure of any JLPNP reform agenda.

The critical failure is the lack of an ability to attract sufficient capital in high growth/high value operations which lead to increased productivity and increasing growth in real GDP. …not the massive debt and handout fueled imaginary growth bubbles we have seen

The fundamental JLPNP failure is in fostering criminality & corruption thru its Tivoli/Jungle Model of underdevelopment....and the failure to provide an appropriate tech-focused education to produce a workforce that high value investors find attractive…. i.e. an education system that supports a progressive industrial policy

Instead the JLPNP have focused on mass tourism and low value industries like the piece work clothing (Seaga's 807 Garment project) and calling center type activity. That 807 program was unsustainable... as soon as the investor could develop a lower cost location like Haiti (low pay, sub-standard work conditions, no benefits etc)....he closes shop and is gone. The same is true (but to a lesser extent) with that calling center activity...the value add is low and there is no concerted effort to move up the value chain by increasing the quality of the workforce

Costa Rica is the poster child for that...they had an US$2 Billion (turnover) Intel chip factory from the 1990s and developed a huge, sophisticated tech industry around that...while Jamaicans felt in the 1990s (and even now!) that a garment factory, cruise ship pier or new hotel was a big deal....a logical extension and predictable result of the "Education Cyaan Nyam" JLPNP philosophy

Ah suh di ting set....JLPNP is an abomination and an abominable failure...but unnu cyan gwaan sing di praises of dem assorted Myopic Vampiyas as unnu please

[Bricktop]

"...man ago have nuff cell phone, him can have one inna him back pocket and one inna him front pocket. Then him can call himself and say hello..."

[Muadib]

The 1990's ??

But that was the ERA of the PNP.. how JLP come innah dat..

Here is the JLP data for you:

*Some 100,000 jobs were created between 1985 and 1989, the largest amount ever in a five-year period.

[Don1]

The 1990's ??

But that was the ERA of the PNP.. how JLP come innah dat..

LOL...what rubbish. Yuh tink skills get upgraded ovanight??

The backward labour force of the 1990s (til now) is rooted in the Education Cyaan Nyam policies in the 1960s-1980s...til now.

While other countries prioritized education Jamaica underfunded it... that's obvious

The JLPNP is a plague

[Don1]

Mi nuh know where Seaga get dat data from but mi know seh di poverty rate in 1990 was 28% and inna 2007 twas 9%...go figure

http://www.indexmundi.com/jamaica/pe...erty-line.html

[Muadib]

You are saying the root of our education problem is based on a one-liner from Busta in the 60's ??

lol !

Tek time comrade.

Underfunded ??

I thought education was a significant portion of the Budget.. the PNP dropped it below a standard under Omar but you probably forget that..

Why was it 'underfunded'... ?

It Takes Cash to care.. PRODUCE jobs that then produce taxes den yuh can fund all mannah ah tings...

Don't SHRINK your GDP and engage in Economic Malpractice..

Yuh is a real claffy.

[Muadib]

Poverty Rate ???

Ahh the Comrade claim to fame.. Chavez ah yuh Hero don't ?

What were THEY PRODUCING under this wonderful 'Poverty rate' artificially maintained by reduction in the cost of goods and Remittance in flows and mortgaging the future with high interest rate borrowed money for 'projects on the ground'...

Stop the claffy act...

If you do not understand the fundamentals for economic survival and instead parrot Omar voodoo economics den bettah yuh stick to yuh Robot ting..

[Don1]

Yep...an Seaga's bubble based on MASSIVE grant handouts, HUGE debt up to 200% of GDP and INCREASED poverty....so what's the diffrance Dimwit?? ...NONE ...LOL

JLPNP ah one plague...period

Yuh tek di bait...Game, Set, Match ,,,Case closed

[Don1]

Busta spelled out the JLP philosophy from di early 1960s...education cyaan nyam.

Seaga introduced the education cess...making education more expensive and less accessible....Patterson continued dat eediat policy

Education was underfunded because it was NOT prioritized...Jamaica has been led by dimwits... period

If yuh nuh si dat by now yuh ah one dimwit yuhself

[Willi]

No MANLEY did, he protested the cess with UWI and Cast students and gave an excuse why he couldnt roll it back when he got in.

I know cause a good friend of mine was among the protesters and I TOLD HIM it wouldnt be rolled back (we didnt have the money)and he found out the hard way. We still talk about it from time to time.

[Willi]

No way the poverty rate was really falling when we were in the process of de-industrializing.

However, I do support your overall point of emphasis.

I have been to CR and saw for myself their priorities...atrocious roads, no rail service, but every village had a clinic, school and an immaculate football field.

This shows that they would in the future have a healthier, smarter and more ball accomplished population and this is what we are seeing.

[Willi]

LOL...what rubbish. Yuh tink skills get upgraded ovanight??

The backward labour force of the 1990s (til now) is rooted in the Education Cyaan Nyam policies in the 1960s-1980s...til now.

While other countries prioritized education Jamaica underfunded it... that's obvious

The JLPNP is a plague

I am forced to agree here. We are not smart.

[Muadib]

Here is the difference again.. since yuh dense:

Based on data prepared by the Bank of Jamaica:

* The fiscal balance was in surplus in 1989 ($257.6 Ja mn). This was the lowest fiscal deficit since Independence.

* In 1989, inflation was 6.7 per cent. This level of inflation was five per cent lower than that of 1979. Note that 1989 was the year after Hurricane Gilbert.

* The investment ratio was the highest in 12 years (20.6 per cent -- 1987);

* Some 100,000 jobs were created between 1985 and 1989, the largest amount ever in a five-year period.

* Unemployment rate (18 per cent) was the lowest in 17 years.

* Within a 14-year period, 1973-1987, economic growth reached its highest level.

* Real GDP growth rate was eight per cent in 1987 and seven per cent in 1989.

* In the 1972-1980 period, GDP growth was negligible in two years and negative in every other year.

[Don1]

By contrast Jamaica ALWAYS borrows massively to build roads...results in one of the world's highest road densities.....then ticians complain that there is no money for education....go figure