Jamaica

This chapter presents the most recent crash data for Jamaica, as well as an update on the country’s road safety strategy and recently implemented safety measures.

Este capítulo presenta el Programa de Educación Cívico-Tributaria de Jamaica. En primer lugar, comienza por exponer una visión general del programa al completo y de sus objetivos, y prosigue centrándose en un elemento en concreto: el Programa de Educación Cívico-Tributaria en Escuelas (STEP, por sus siglas en inglés). A continuación, hace un recorrido por el impacto y enseñanzas extraídas a raíz de la iniciativa, y apunta después brevemente a los futuros pasos en este ámbito.

This chapter presents Jamaica’s taxpayer education programme. It first gives an overview of the whole programme and its objectives, followed by a focus on one specific element, the Schools Taxpayer Education Programme (STEP). An additional section provides information on the staffing and costs of STEP. It subsequently looks at the impacts and lessons learnt of the initiative, followed by an outlook on next steps.

Ce chapitre présente le programme d'éducation des contribuables de la Jamaïque. Il décrit d'abord les objectifs généraux du programme, suivi d’un point sur un élément spécifique, le Programme d’éducation fiscale à l’école (STEP). Il examine par la suite l'impact et les leçons à tirer de l'initiative, suivie par un aperçu des prochaines étapes.

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The pension system has a basic component and an additional earnings-related component. For those ineligible for the basic pension there is a social assistance component.

Jamaican legislation prohibits all discrimination based on race or religion, but does not make any reference to gender. The government is reviewing a draft charter on fundamental rights that would specify gender on the list of prohibited discriminations. Jamaica’s Civil Code and Penal Code still contain numerous discriminatory measures, and the language used in the country’s laws is not gender-neutral. Traditional gender stereotypes are institutionalised within Jamaica’s education system, the media, religion and the family.

Jamaica’s education system operates in the context of diffi cult economic conditions. Infl ation and unemployment rates are high and the economy, which is heavily dependent on the service sector, especially tourism, declined sharply after the 2001 downturn in global trade and tourism. Economic growth between 1995 and 2003 was negligible and income per capita decreased slightly. Today, Jamaica stands at the lower end of WEI countries with a GDP per capita of PPP$ 3 800.

La perception qu’ont les investisseurs de la Jamaïque en tant que destination de l’investissement direct étranger (IDE) s’est améliorée au cours des dix dernières années, et les investisseurs sont généralement favorables aux efforts entrepris par le gouvernement jamaïcain pour attirer l’IDE. La stabilité politique et le caractère démocratique du régime comptent parmi les principaux facteurs qui attirent les investisseurs en Jamaïque. Ce rapport observe les principaux points qui restent à améliorer, ainsi que les mesures concrètes que les pouvoirs publics peuvent mettre en œuvre (le plus souvent avec l’appui d’organisations internationales) afin de rendre le climat d’investissement encore plus favorable dans ce pays. Le principal objectif de la Jamaïque est ...

Investor perceptions of Jamaica as a location for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have improved within the last decade and investors are generally supportive of the Jamaican government’s efforts to attract FDI. Political stability and democratic government rank high among the factors drawing investors to Jamaica. This report looks at areas which need to be improved as well as concrete measures to be implemented by the government (often with the support of international organisations) to further enhance Jamaica’s investment climate. Jamaica’s main objective is to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy, using foreign private investment as a strategic tool to meet its development goals of human capital improvement, increased productivity, job creation, transfer of technology and export diversification ...