Tag: Latin America

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. The mosquito is a vector for the proliferation of the Zika virus currently spreading throughout Latin America. New figures from Brazil's Health Ministry show that the Zika virus outbreak has not caused as many confirmed cases of a rare brain defect as first feared. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

WHO Declares Public Health Emergency Around Zika Virus

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The World Health Organization declared a “public health emergency of international concern” on Monday morning due to the clusters of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities […]

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FRANKLY SPEAKING ………

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“ Made in Dominica”

(Outlines of a National Manufacturing Strategy. Part 1.)

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There are critical external forces impacting on the emergence of a vibrant manufacturing sector in Dominica. These include positive trends such as the ease of international migration of capital and technology to areas of highest profit margin and opportunities for expanding negotiated regional and international market access. True, also, one needs to contend with such negative factors as uneven trading arrangements, increasingly demanding health and safety standards and the upward spiraling cost of transportation, due to rising fuel prices.

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