MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is urging Jamaicans to remain focus as the country goes through what is perhaps its most ambitious and far-reaching economic transformation programme. She noted that in implementing that economic programme that involves a multi-million Stand By Agreement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), her administration “is aware that it’s now or never,” and it is “our last opportunity to get it right, to lay the foundation for our children, to ensure that we secure their future”. “I have likened our current Economic Reform Programme to working out our business plan. I speak of creating a profitable enterprise for all our citizens. I always speak of the importance of ‘balancing the books while balancing people’s lives.’ This requires, among other things, placing emphasis on poverty alleviation and eventual poverty eradication,” the Prime Minister said.
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