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Research

Since its inception the Committee has facilitated the completion of several studies including:

  1. Competitiveness Assessment, September 2006 ECORYS Study. This was the TGCC’s first Annual Competitiveness Report.
  2. Competitiveness in Agro-Processing, September 2006 ECORYS Study.
  3. Competitiveness in Services, September 2006 ECORYS Study.
  4. Legal & Regulatory Issues in Competitiveness, September 2006 ECORYS Study.
  5. Charting the Business Approvals Process in Jamaica, October 2007. This provides a graphical illustration of the various business approvals processes in Jamaica, complete with timelines, number of procedures and the associated costs. It also highlights the areas of bureaucracy and inefficiencies and posits solutions.
  6. Best Practice Countries in the Business Approvals Process: The Case of Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, October 2007. This highlights key international best practices.
  7. A Landscape Assessment of Jamaican MSMEs, February 2008. This is a report on the findings of an island wide survey of approximately 2,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
  8. Policy Report for the Jamaican MSME Sector: Financing and Human Resources Development and Training (Phase 1), March 2008. This study used the results of the above survey, desk research and elite interviews with key stakeholders to formulate policy suggestions on financing and human resource development and training.
  9. Intellectual Property Valuation Entity (IPVE), April 2009. It is a pre-feasibility study regarding the establishment of an Intellectual Property Valuation Entity (IPVE) in Jamaica that would facilitate greater ease of access by MSMEs. While it discouraged the establishment of a nationally backed IPVE, it proffered strategies to develop and earn revenues from existing low valued intellectual property (IP).
  10. Credit Reporting Bureau inter alia, April 2009. The objective is three-part. To provide:
    1. A detailed review and analysis of the Doing Business Report for Jamaica 2009, with the aim of promoting a more accurate reflection of Jamaica’s performance.
    2. An examination of the establishment of a Credit Registry as occurred in Mauritius and Belgium.
    3. 23 innovative ways to encourage the development of local MSMEs, in a difficult economic climate.
  11. Formalization of the Informal Sector in Jamaica, June 2009. The study investigates and identifies key policy prescriptions that were successfully employed in formalizing the informal economies around the world. The report also indicates the measures of success as it related to the impact on the respective countries.
  12. Survey for the Development Bank of Jamaica, July 2009. The objective was to execute and report the findings of a survey regarding the issues faced by Approved Financial Institutions (AFIs) in lending to the MSME sector. It reports on key issues such as: training needs; challenges posed by MSMEs; internal challenges; challenges with the DBJ facility; conflict of interest in promoting the funds of a competitor inter alia.
  13. Benchmarking Database, August 2009. A database was developed to allow for the tracking of benchmarking indicators for Jamaica over time.
  14. TGCC Exit Strategy, September 2009. The study presents a strategy to ensure that this ‘voice of competitiveness’ continues after the Programme comes to a close in December 2009. This includes the review existing forms of competitiveness councils (private, public and mixed) and their impact and, also an assessment of the performance of countries without councils. Additionally, it considers the competitiveness needs of Jamaica and devises an appropriate entity that would best suit same, in view of existing agencies with similar focus.
  15. Comprehensive Creative Industries Database, to be completed November 2009. This study looks at the demographics of the Jamaican diaspora towards gaining marketing opportunities for Jamaican entrepreneurs.
  16. Policy Report for the Jamaican MSME Sector: (Phase 2), to be completed in December 2009. This study will use the results of the above survey, desk research and elite interviews with key stakeholders to formulate policy suggestions on the remaining 6 categories. Namely: science, technology, research and development, network and clustering, extension and support services, marketing and legal, administrative and regulatory factors.

The findings of the research studies mentioned above has and will be used to inform the development of relevant policies required to address challenges identified in the business environment in Jamaica. See the list below, for further information.




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