The Dominica Manufactures Association held its National Symposium at the Goodwill Parish Hall on Thursday, and highlighted the importance of manufacturing and the private sector. It also pointed to a number of issues, but most importantly a number of solutions to many of problems faced by the private and Manufacturing sectors. Panel speaker from US Embassy in Barbados Ms. Rachel Myers pointed out some of the observations made by their association countries around the world as it pertains challenges faced by countries seeking to embrace manufacturing. Some of these challenges include, high cost electricity, infrastructure constraint, shipping, logistics. She says that a lot of the Caribbean countries focus on Service based goods rather than Goods. Ms. Myers says that overall, they strongly support the strengthen of the private sector as well have more Goods based export rather than service based, as means of socio-economic pillars. Meantime, “a rising tide lifts all boats” a metaphor reflecting the importance of small business, in any country. This came from Myers who said, “….it is a driver of development, like nothing else is.” She commended the local manufactures of Dominica, saying that their level of determination is one that has to be commended, and especially in dealing with natural setbacks of years past. She stated that a snapshot of the world bank’s business reports reveal that Dominica is ranked 111/119 countries on the international business market. She encourages persons to familiarize themselves with these types of reports, so as to know what countries to partner with, in their Manufacturing ventures. Panel speaker from US Embassy in Barbados, Ms. Rachel Myers
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