Search Results for: Caribbean

BY LEAH GERMAIN

THE GOLDEN rule of investments has and continues to be – if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. The most recent example of this advice being disregarded causing a high profile court case involves R Allen Stanford, Texan-banker and former multi-millionaire.…

BY STEPHEN EISENHAMMER, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

BUSINESS coaching in Brazil has been growing significantly in the past few years, with a significant escalation in the number of coaches, coaching companies and training providers. Business coaching has spread rapidly from its beginnings in the Brazilian subsidiaries of big international firms, to big national companies such as industrial conglomerate Votorantim, and even now to many mid-size businesses and the public sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CARIBBEAN is a delightful place to live, if you like people. And business reflects this island region’s human scale: commercial relationships work better with real personal relationships, cemented with time and emotional investment.

Buying a newspaper usually requires a quick chat with a shopkeeper.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

COLUMBIA’S largest airport has long needed a new long-term development strategy, and it would appear one is coming, with the US government helping with funding. The El Dorado International Airport, servicing Colombia’s capital Bogotá, has in recent years been oversaturated by the growing number of both passengers and cargo, and no longer has the capacity to effectively meet demands.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, IN BRUSSELS

SOLVING corruption and mismanagement problems in the African extractive industries would be boosted by the mandatory disclosure by companies of tax and revenue payments, a Brussels European Union (EU)-Africa conference on mineral wealth heard yesterday.

The continent’s paradox is that many of its nations are rich in mineral resources yet they remain some of the world’s poorest economies.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, IN BRUSSELS

SOLVING corruption and mismanagement problems in the African extractive industries would be boosted by the mandatory disclosure by companies of tax and revenue payments, a Brussels European Union (EU)-Africa conference on mineral wealth heard yesterday.

The continent’s paradox is that many of its nations are rich in mineral resources yet they remain some of the world’s poorest economies.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE

HAITI: American universities help Haiti higher education recover from earthquake

Garry Pierre Pierre

Two years after suffering from an earthquake on January 12, 2010, that wreaked intense damage on universities, Haiti’s higher education sector has benefited from international efforts that have revamped not only buildings but helped reconstruct curricula.…

BY GEMMA HANDY

Endemic corruption in a British overseas territory, compounded by claims of bribery and fraud, saw its constitution suspended and it returned to direct UK rule.

The Turks & Caicos Islands are now being prepared for a return for responsible government, but are sufficient checks and balances in place to prevent a backslide to commercial crime?…

BY GEMMA HANDY, ERNIE SEON and KEITH NUTHALL

IT is well recognised by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) that poor countries can struggle to effectively police anti-money laundering legislation, no matter how effective. But when poverty is combined with a state that is small in size, this challenge can be tough indeed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank has called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to reform their aviation systems and technology to boost predicted slow growth of air freight. A report predicts cargo traffic between the Latin America/Caribbean and the United States – the most important destination market – will grow 5.8% annually between 2010 and 2027.…