Business Facilities - April 2008 - (Page 30) INTERNATIONAL PROFILE Caribbean 2008 edition, but it seems clear that Barbados has successfully begun the transition from an “efficiency economy” to an “innovation economy.”) Another statistic that reassures investors is that Barbados ranked 24th—only two places behind the United States—out of 163 countries in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2006. Also, out of all the potential problem areas measured for each country in the Global Competitiveness Index 2007-2008, Barbados’ two least problematic areas were government instability and corruption, scoring better in both than the United States. “The world is, indeed, at a crossroads and if Barbados is to become a genuine player in a complex world economy, it must adopt innovative strategies that ensure its continued global competitiveness,” says Annalee C. Babb, CEO of Invest Barbados, a state-sponsored investment promotion corporation. JAMAICA’S INFLECTION POINT Jamaica is also at an exciting point in the transformation of its economy. The island is searching for innovative ways to leverage its cultural and creative assets across its efforts to promote foreign inward investment. “The [current] global currency of trade and business is not gold, dollars, or real estate, but intellectual capital,” says Robert Gregory, president of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), a governmentcontrolled company that promotes economic development in Jamaica. “The industrial age has long given way to the information knowledge economy, and the defining value of the [present] time is the deployment and exchange of intellectual products and services. That is the truth that Jamaica has to come to grips with in this era of the 21st century.” The way forward, according to Gregory, is to continue reforming the island’s education system, which will spur a cycle of inward investment and retention of talented native Jamaicans. Despite room for improvement, companies don’t have to wait for #5303 at www.BusinessFacilities.com 30 APRIL 2008 http://www.investbarbados.org http://www.investbarbados.org http://www.BusinessFacilities.com
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