PIOJ Reports Gains Under Vision 2030

• The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting gains under the country’s long-term National Development Plan – Vision 2030 Jamaica. Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, made the disclosure while reporting on the 2018 targets during the PIOJ’s recent quarterly briefing at the Institute’s head office in New Kingston.
• Henry said with respect to Goal 3 – ‘Jamaica’s Economy is Prosperous’ – much of the development gains were attributed to macroeconomic improvements.
• He noted that tourism and agriculture also showed progress, pointing out that the former met the majority of the 2018 targets.
• The Director General said notable progress was also made in the business environment, “as the 2018 target for [reducing the] employment rate was surpassed”.
• Additionally, he said the 2019 out-turn “continues this trend, with the second consecutive year of record-low unemployment rates”.

(Source: JIS)