Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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