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Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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2. The shortage <strong>of</strong> foreign exchange<br />

3. These constraints must be eliminated through investment<br />

to unlock the power <strong>of</strong> tacit knowledge that drive<br />

entrepreneurial innovation among MSMEs and accelerate<br />

related domestic capital production<br />

4. Such investment should include an Enterprise-Wide Risk<br />

Management Programme that assists “E”MSMEs to<br />

manage and mitigate the risks inherent in the creation <strong>of</strong><br />

capital<br />

Benefits <strong>of</strong> Focusing on ‘E’MSMEs<br />

⇒ Redistributes income in favour <strong>of</strong> owners <strong>of</strong> domestic<br />

capital (local creative entrepreneurs) & enables poverty<br />

alleviation<br />

The self-employed typically earns about 4-8 times<br />

more than the individual poverty line depending on<br />

their parish<br />

Importantly, it addresses the unemployment problem<br />

⇒ Improves effectiveness <strong>of</strong> Policy Regime<br />

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