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1 online resource (148 pages) |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Foreign Direct Investment and Development -- Evidence from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean -- 2. Foreign Direct Investment and Jamaica -- 3. The Doing Business Report (DBR) -- 4. Doing Business in Jamaica -- Figure 4.1: Trading Economics Doing Business Rank of Jamaica from 2008-16 -- Table 4.1: Jamaica's DBI Ranking for 2016, 2017, and 2018 |
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Table 4.2: Jamaica's 2018 DBI Indicators (by Variables) Comparative to the Latin American and Caribbean and OECD High-income Countries -- 5. Investors' Favourability in Doing Business in Jamaica -- Figure 5.1: Countries/Regions Where Local Businesses Operate Otherwise or Where Local Business Owners Own or Operate Other Businesses -- Figure 5.2: Characteristics of Jamaican Employees -- Figure 5.3: Participants' Experiences with Employing Workers in Jamaica -- 6. Doing Business in Jamaica: The Starting a Business Environment -- Figure 6.1: DBR's Ranking of Jamaica Regarding Starting a Business |
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Figure 6.2: Experiences in Starting a Business in Jamaica -- Figure 6.3: Dealing with Construction Permits -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Table 6.1: Details -- Dealing with Construction Permits in Jamaica -- Procedure, Time, and Cost -- Table 6.2: Details -- Registering Property in Jamaica -- Procedure, Time, and Cost -- Figure 6.4: Acquiring Electricity -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 6.5: Experience with Acquiring Electricity -- Figure 6.6: Acquiring Electricity -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 6.7: Participants' Experiences with Registering or Transferring Property |
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7. Doing Business in Jamaica: Taxation, Regulation, and Trading Issues -- Figure 7.1: Paying Taxes -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 7.2: Participants' Experiences Paying Taxes in Jamaica -- Figure 7.3: Enforcing Contract and Resolving Business-related Issues -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 7.4: Participants' Experiences with Enforcing Contracts -- Figure 7.5: Participants' Experiences with Resolving Business-related Disputes -- Figure 7.6: Resolving Insolvency -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 7.7: Participants' Experiences with Insolvency |
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Figure 7.8: Trading Across Borders -- DBR Rank of Jamaica -- Figure 7.9: Participants' Experiences with Trading Overseas -- Conclusion -- Figure 8.1: Participants' Experiences with Trade Unions -- Figure 8.2: Participants' Access to Raw Material -- Figure 8.3: Participants' Perception of Corruption -- References |
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Print version record |
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Investments, Foreign -- Jamaica
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New business enterprises -- Jamaica
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Taxation -- Jamaica
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Economic history
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Investments, Foreign
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New business enterprises
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Taxation
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SUBJECT |
Jamaica -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Subject |
Jamaica
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Williams, Densil A
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Hawthorne, Omar E
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Johnson
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ISBN |
9789766379834 |
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9766379831 |
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