Economic conference set for next week

Chairman of the Republic Bank, Ronald Harford, is to spearhead an economic think tank conference in Grenada next week Tuesday.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said on Tuesday while presenting the 2013 Budget that his Government accepted the recommen-dations of the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce to hold the exercise and Cabinet will soon establish a growth and competitiveness council.

The special conference called “Fast Forward Together: Reigniting Growth”,  will be opened by Dr. Mitchell and the focus will be on opportunities for Grenada’s economic transformation.

It was further disclosed that Government will also establish a National Unity Commission to recommend and help implement ways of uniting the nation and a multi-Partite Committee.

This committee will be the forum to discuss key socio-economic issues affecting all social partners such that an even-handed approach can be taken on issues such as employment, prices, wages and productivity, among others.

“The ultimate goal is the development of a social pact as a framework to guide these relations,” he said. (LS)