Invest in R&D to control public debt, says Leon - Business - Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | April 20, 2012

Invest in R&D to control public debt, says Leon - Business - Jamaica Gleaner - Friday | April 20, 2012: "Harnessing information can offer an avenue of competitive advantage for the Caribbean, which ranks in the bottom half of the world in almost every measure of development, reasoned Dr. Leon.

"Information is the next big industry," he told magnates and intellectuals at King's House in St Andrew at the launch of the University College of the Caribbean Foundation, The UCC Foundation offers and manages student scholarships in an attempt to maximise tertiary educational opportunities for students across Jamaica.

The function was also used to launch a book written by Professor Kenneth Hall titled Caricom: Caribbean Perspectives on its Pertinence in the 21st Century."

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