Successful Economic Development Requires a Young, Motivated and Task Oriented Workforce
March 27, 2018 – Justin Moorhead
Essential to economic growth is reversing our migration. We must make our Virgin Islands a realistic location of choice for those completing university training or leaving military service and attract other talented millennials to be part of our community. Our community is aging and our workforce shrinking. Neither is advantageous to economic expansion. Economic growth…
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Remembering Sir Arthur Lewis
March 27, 2018 – Under The Markets Admin
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Hamid Ghany Published: Sunday, January 21, 2018 On Tuesday January 23 instant, The University of the West Indies will honour the memory of its first vice chancellor, Sir Arthur Lewis, who also won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. At the St Augustine campus, there will be a memorial symposium from…
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At least Puerto Rico has a plan, why not us?
March 10, 2018 – Justin Moorhead
A recent conversation on our coming 2018 election raised the question of whether the candidates (incumbents and challengers) truly understand the breadth of the problem facing the Virgin Islands and are thinking beyond winning to the issues of governance. Tangentially related, a recent published critique of Puerto Rico’s new fiscal plan of recovery, conflated my…
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Land Use Planning and the Road to Thoughtful Response to Climate Change
January 20, 2018 – Christopher Visentin
More frequent and powerful storms and record-setting temperatures have brought climate change concerns to higher prominence in recent years. As international initiatives like the Paris Climate Accord suggest, climate change is a global issue, requiring proportionately large-scale action to address it. Given the global scale of the problem, as well as the surplus of responses…
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Environmental Resilience for a Better Community and a Better Tourism Product
December 29, 2017 – Christopher Visentin
Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, Irma and the wildfire outbreaks in California are only the most recent reminders of the fragility of community well-being when disaster strikes. When that community’s economy depends on its local tourism product, the potential for long-term damage increases. These disasters highlight the importance of a policy and planning approach that considers the…
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