UWI Researchers Propose Marrying Mobile Money To Banks
A new report is proposing that the central bank require providers of mobile money services to do business through the banking system, to ensure there is no gap in the financial regulatory structure once the market takes off in Jamaica. Read more »
Manufacturing Needs A Saviour
Data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica, spanning 1982 to 2010, shows that real growth of gross domestic product (GDP) averaged less than two per cent per year. Read more »
Media freedom and the new challenges
Here in Jamaica, what are seeing? 38 per cent of Jamaicans use the Internet at least once per day. This, according to an islandwide survey, conducted by Professor Hopeton Dunn of the Mona School of Business's Telecommunications Policy Management Programme Read more »
Gov't Focused on Reducing Cost of Energy
As the government advanced liberalisation plans, Minister Paulwell announced the appointment of a team of experts to the board of the JPS to lead negotiations with executives of the company. Read more »
MSB Alumnus is new ISCF Commandant
Congratulations to MSB Alumnus James Golding who has been appointed as the new Commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF). Read more »
Journal edition critical to Caribbean, African links; UWI professors co-edit 'Critical Arts' special issue
Pictures of two late University of the West Indies (UWI) professors flanked the podium at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona last week Tuesday evening, while another pair spoke about the publication honouri Read more »
Jamaica diaspora bond possible for Jubilee
JAMAICA could issue its first bond to its diaspora by August, say World Bank officials.
But bureaucratic red tape may hinder the move. Read more »
An Interview with the Hon Edward Seaga
In the leadup to the recent Slashroots|Caribbean Opendata conference and codesprint, we had the privilege of speaking with the Hon Edward Seaga about the research efforts relating to the compilation of the Edward Seaga Database Collection - an electronic catalog of statistics and indicators relating to Jamaica's macro-economic performance over the past 50+ years that is being released as an Open Data resource. Read more »
MSB Team wins IDS Innovation Grant
A team from the MSB - Centre of Excellence has won a technical Innovation grant from IDS Knowledge Services. The Grant was made available through a recent Call for Proposals to use IDS' Open Application Programming Interface (API) to "design and build applications or services, that demonstrate innovative ways of combining data and information from different sources, to create new tools, applications and systems which are useful, meaningful and relevant for informing development policy and practice". Read more »
OLPC readies for roll-out
A year after launching the pilot, organisers of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme are ready to have it replicated in basic and primary schools across Jamaica. Read more »
