CARICOM Special Representative on Haiti and former Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson, in addressing a business seminar of investors from Japan and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday, November 22, in Pt Spain Trinidad, invited all potential investors to visit Haiti and see for themselves the opportunities which were available. Mr Patterson said that “Investment opportunities in Haiti are limited more by the imagination than by objective attributes or need”.The Special Representative listed several factors that he said made Haiti ‘ripe’ for investment. Principal among those listed was the existence of a large and under-served population of 10 million, backed by a significant Diaspora and offering low labour rates. Added to this he said was the need to rebuild a significantly devastated economy and also the physical and social infrastructure. Among other key factors listed was the existence of preferential duty-free and quota-free access to key markets such as the United States, the European Union (EU) and CARICOM, facilitated by a range of hemispheric programme and agreements.
Clare Forrester
OSPR (Haiti)
(Patterson's full speech)
(Patterson's full speech)
