Susan Gordon, Staff Reporter
JAMAICA NEEDS to spend more on educating its people to boost their productivity, says mission director for the Untied States Agency for International Development (USAID), Karen Turner.
She said although all of Jamaica's key stakeholders need to get involved in the process, it is the private sector which must lead the way as it is that sector which directly competes with others in the outside world.
Ms. Turner was speaking at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) job creation awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St. Andrew yesterday.
In an economy as service-based as Jamaica's, people are the real factors determining productivity, she said. Ms. Turner said a partnership between the private sector and Government could improve the level of training and education among the youth. Remittances she noted, could not substitute for talented people.
"It is through increased productivity that countries and businesses become more competitive and profitable and maintain or even accelerate their growth," she said.
The companies awarded at this month's PSOJ Job Creation Awards, were Musson Jamaica Limited and Seprod Group of Companies which both received awards for creating employment in Jamaica for more than 40 years.
