Dominica improves economic competitiveness
The government of Dominica is developing the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in order to significantly improve its economic competitiveness.
Acting prime minister Ambrose George outlined the plans at the recent launch of the new website www.dominica.gov.dm, reports Caribbean netnews.com.
"Dominica like many other Caribbean countries is currently developing and promoting ICT as a strategy for achieving economic competitiveness.
"In the 2007-2008 Budget Address, government acknowledged the importance of the ICT sector to our economic growth and development, particularly in the period of diversification."
He added that the changes have substantially improved the potential for facilitating and stimulating economic development in the sector, which could be of note to those considering a Caribbean off plan property investment.
Furthermore, he pointed out that recent growth in the telecommunications sector has "set the stage to expand in the wider field of information and communications technologies to strengthen government and governance."
Meanwhile, it was recently reported that workers in the Dominican Republic are set for a wage increase in the near future.
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