It’s time to do more to accelerate growth, says Jamaica National chief Earl Jarrett

Corporate leader and distinguished public servant Earl Jarrett is calling on the political directorate to modernize the rules of doing business in Jamaica to attract investment from the international community and generate economic growth. This is part of his vision of Jamaica for the next decade.

Jarrett, who is CEO of the financial conglomerate, Jamaica National (JN) Group, argues that the legislative and regulatory framework for doing business in Jamaica requires reform and needs to be more hospitable to local and international investors.

He cites the creative industries as one area that could benefit from a relaxation of measures. “If you are bringing in the tools for creativity like cameras and mixing boards, they get no duty concessions. Those are treated almost as consumer products, and they have high duty rates,” Jarrett tells host, Byron Buckley in this episode of Impacting Jamaica: The Independence Edition.