For a country that is a mere 166 square miles, Barbados is privileged to have produced an extraordinary number of eminent and internationally revered persons of excellence.Among those proud Barbadian products is economist Dr Kevin Greenidge, who will step into the Governor’s chair from March 1, becoming the eighth head of the island’s lead financial institution and regulator of the banking sector.The 54-year-old comes from a humble background, growing up in a low-income urban community. He readily admits that it is Barbados’ free educational system that was the catalyst for his personal and professional successes.His academic qualifications are stellar with a BSc in economics with first class honours from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. This was followed by a master’s in economics from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and a PhD from the University of Nottingham, also in the UK.In one of his first comments after the announcement of his a
When there is silence or a dearth of information, people tend to come up with their own answers and misinformation tends to thrive.
We make this observation as the country awaits the appointment of a new Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, as the curtain came down on the leadership of Governor Cleviston Haynes on Tuesday.
There seemed something odd, however,
The island’s umbrella trade union body and a major teacher’s union are adamant that public officers must be given salary and wage increases this year, despite the Central Bank’s recommendation that a raise in pay shouldn’t be based on the rising cost of living. During his second-quarter economic review Press conference on Wednesday, Governor Cleviston Haynes declared he would not recommend public officers pursue salary increases as a means of tackling high prices.Haynes said the Government would have to make some very difficult choices in order to be able to facilitate an increase in wages. “Trying to chase prices through wage increases, I think, most economists would tell you that is not really a good idea. What the Government has tried to do which is perhaps more recommended, is try to be more targeted in some of the relief it provides to those who are going to be most impacted by w
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