Last week, the Department of Economics at the University of West Indies, Mona, held its usual policy forum to demystify the national budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Speakers included Mrs. Helene Davis-White, who gave the trade union point of view, Dr. Damien King, who gave an assessment of the important long-term trends in the budget, and me.
All governments are involved in the provision of goods and services. There is no reason why some of these should be produced by public enterprises because market forces on their own would provide them. Others, however, need the government if they are to be adequately provided. These include public goods and goods with positive externalities.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) invites you to participate in the 6th annual Scarce Commodity/Innocent Plant Symposium, to be held at the Oriental Gardens beside the UWI Chapel on April 20, 2017.
As the country awaits an announcement on the successor program to the current extended fund facility between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Economics Department at the University of the West Indies, Mona, is putting on the table suggestions on the way forward.
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