Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica
Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica
Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica
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time-zone gives <strong>Jamaica</strong> an advantage over India<br />
and the Philippines.<br />
Today there are 9,500 <strong>Jamaica</strong>ns working in this sector and the<br />
number has peaked due to a lack <strong>of</strong> available space.<br />
The Dominican Republic started behind us but now has over<br />
20,000 jobs and this number is rising.<br />
We need to build the space in areas with large talent pools<br />
such as Portmore, and make our people trainable.<br />
Cultural Industries<br />
In 1999 the worldwide sales <strong>of</strong> all recorded music, including<br />
downloads, was US$38.6B, but by 2008 was only US$27.5B, a fall<br />
<strong>of</strong> 25%.<br />
This trend will continue for the foreseeable future.<br />
<strong>Jamaica</strong>n performers have never been overly dependent on<br />
sales <strong>of</strong> recorded music the bulk <strong>of</strong> their revenue has come<br />
from their live performances.<br />
We have created several <strong>of</strong> the most important genres <strong>of</strong><br />
popular music, reggae, dancehall, ska and dub, and many <strong>of</strong><br />
the most important figures. Yet given the size <strong>of</strong> that market<br />
and its universal nature, relatively few <strong>Jamaica</strong>n performers<br />
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