'Grounded and Credible': Jamaica Banks on a 'Greener Future' With 2020 NDC
July 04, 2020
July 04, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The NDC Partnership issued the following blog:
Jamaica earned global commendations in recent years for its fiscal discipline and upward economic trajectory. But, the economy-wide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the near total shutdown of the economy for several weeks, threatens its economic and social prospects. Tourism, the island's lifeblood, has been hard hit. The sector, which accounts for about a third of domestic economic activity, primarily . . .
Jamaica earned global commendations in recent years for its fiscal discipline and upward economic trajectory. But, the economy-wide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the near total shutdown of the economy for several weeks, threatens its economic and social prospects. Tourism, the island's lifeblood, has been hard hit. The sector, which accounts for about a third of domestic economic activity, primarily . . .