Economy’s growth still lagging, says Greenidge

Carl Greenidge

The PPP/C has failed to stimulate sufficient economic growth for more than a decade-and-a-half, according to former finance minister Carl Greenidge, who says that the opposition coalition APNU, once elected, would focus on creating jobs and the development of natural resources to increase output and available markets.

“It is the intention of an APNU-led administration to establish and nurture a vibrant, flexible and modern economy combining skill-intensive with natural resource-based development, Greenidge told an APNU news conference on Monday.

He argued that since the period of high growth from 1991 to 1997, the rate of economic growth has either been negative, marginal or