Time for decisive action to reform the Public Service
The allegation made in last weekend’s publication, of THE NEW TODAY that a number of Permanent Secretaries in the public service are providing information to...
Special Correspondent
A mixed bag performance, institutional risk and economic headwinds – Part II
Last week’s article identified that institutional risk will negatively affect the government’s ability to improve on its first year performance. This risk is manifested in...
A mixed bag performance, institutional risk and economic headwinds
In my last two articles in the series, I concluded that the performance of government during its first twelve months in office could be described...
Mixed bag performance for NDC in the first year
The last article concluded that the public service in its current state is a serious risk to the new government achieving greater success in its...
Mixed bag performance for the NDC in the first year
The last article concluded that the young government had a mixed bag performance in their first year in office. The article further concluded that many...
Mixed bag performance for the NDC in first year
Second Year requires out of the Box thinking to achieve greater success The performance of the government after one year in office can be described...
How much more damage has to be done for tough decisions to be taken
The recent announcement of the visit of a delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a hundred million dollar request for assistance to finance...
Institutional changes are urgently needed to avoid losing mass support
Last week’s article described the sectoral planning process at the Ministry level and suggested institutional changes that would strengthen the Ministries of Implementation, and Economic,...
What Institutional changes are needed?
Last week’s article alluded to the need for institutional changes to help the government ramp up implementation and reset its agenda. This article will attempt...
Institutional changes are necessary for a reset
In last week’s article, I explained how the defeated NNP government dismantled the institutional arrangements that were in place to ensure efficient implementation of the...
Time for a reset
The first year anniversary of the ruling administration election victory is fast approaching, and there is a need for the government to take stock and...
A Call to Action
Last weekend’s article on how well the 2023 budget laid a foundation for the transformation agenda concluded there should have been more focus on rebuilding...
Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures – The budget – Part III
The first article in the three part series looked at the macro-economic fundamentals of the budget and whether it sought to protect poor and vulnerable...
Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures – The Budget: A political economy perspective – Part II
Last week’s article looked at the 2023 budget in the context of the challenging global economic conditions, rising interest rates, slowed growth and high inflation...
Analysis of the 2023 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures – The Budget – Part One
The current global economic environment characterised by rising energy and food prices, persistent supply chain bottlenecks, and increasing recessionary pressures the result of a slowdown...
A response to Country Man – Transition politics
One of the main objectives of an opinion piece in a newspaper is to address current events and issues, formulate and share points of views...
The transition, transformation agenda and government’s town hall
In a speech to members of the diaspora and beyond in the United States by the late great revolutionary leader and Prime Minister, Comrade Maurice...
The transition and transformational agenda: The need for a performance infrastructure
This article will continue to focus on how to create a transformational agenda using a sectoral approach. In the October 15th article entitled, The Transition...
The transition and transformational agenda
In last week’s article, “A Closer Look at the Transition, Three Months after the Elections”, it was said that the most difficult part of transformation...
A closer look at the transition three months after the elections – Part III
The one hundred days achievements have been outlined by the new government and although the defeated regime is contesting some of the achievements it is...