The Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, chief of operations for the Caribbean Region, Karisa Ribeiro, says low productivity is a hindrance to Jamaica’s growth even as she hailed the country’s economic and fiscal stability.
Ribeiro was was speaking Sterling Asset Management is hosting its 2026 Investor Briefing at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday.
Abigail Bartley reports.
The Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, chief of operations for the Caribbean Region, Karisa Ribeiro, told business leaders gathered at the Talk of Town that Jamaica’s macro-economic indicators are all on the right track.
But she notes that a hindrance to real growth is productivity.
Despite the concerns about productivity, Ribeiro says Jamaica is on the right path to transforming stability into growth.
She notes that future infrastructure projects need to be proper planned and geared toward driving growth.
The Sterling Asset Management is hosting its 2026 Investor Briefing was held under the theme “Small States. Big Shifts: How the Caribbean Can Respond to the New Global Geopolitics.”
