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Some Useful Basics in our Trade & Development
Parry BellotMay 25, 20161964, world trade stood at an estimated US$ 175 billion (according to the UN's International Trade Centre) of which the developing countries had a share of below 20%. Today, global ...
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Utilizing public-private partnerships
Parry BellotMay 12, 2016As our government (like all others) strives to create the conditions for sustainable economic growth, identifying avenues for continued investment in public infrastructure is as crucial as it is challenging, ...
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A Dominica OLYMPICS that really counts!
Parry BellotMay 4, 2016Recently, the Ministry for Education announced further emphasis and priority being given to "Tech-Voc" (technical and vocational) programs in our schools. Great news! Dominica also needs to ratchet up the ...
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The development issues haven't changed much!
Parry BellotApril 20, 2016It was as far back as 2004 that a senior CDB official pointed out the major issues facing all Caribbean countries – almost all still very relevant today!
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Could this help Attract more Youth to Agriculture?
Parry BellotApril 13, 2016Consider this quote from UWI'S Pro Vice Chancellor & Campus Principal, Prof. Clement Sankat: "Young people will only get involved in agriculture if they recognize their countries have a genuine ...
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A good method to help small business survive
Parry BellotMarch 18, 2016The "Business Incubator" (BI) concept can be described as enterprise 'gateways' that are small institutions (or should be) with just two or three staff (counselors) assisting business start-ups. Often, they ...
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Non-Sustainability? The Lessons in Toilet Paper
Parry BellotMarch 13, 2016The coming closure of the toilet paper manufacturing operation here is, or should be, a "teachable moment" in analyzing some of the practical concepts on what is sustainable where industry ...
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How Globalization can Help, not Hinder, Business Success
Parry BellotMarch 1, 2016Business people managing medium-size and large operations know that GLOBALIZATION, despite some obvious challenges, has in the main created NEW opportunities—faster flows of technology, ideas and financial capital, to name ...
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The Young & Sustainability
Parry BellotFeb. 17, 2016It was that distinguished consultant and counselor for small business, Dr Basil Springer, who recently wrote that "as a senior practitioner in the business consulting field, one of my most ...
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The UN's new SDG's, climate change – and Dominica!
Parry BellotFeb. 3, 2016For developing countries like Dominica, the New Year ushered in some good and promising news: the coming into effect of the much talked about Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by ...
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PART II: Exploiting our HUGE Water Resource
Parry BellotJan. 19, 2016Dominica currently exports VERY LIITLE water because this is limited to BOTTLED WATER. We will never be able to compete with this type of water product since almost every other ...
