Originally published on the Guyana Chronicle
INTRA-REGIONAL travel should be made easier, especially as tourism-dependent Caribbean countries contend with the effects of COVID-19, according to the former Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Justin Ram.
“I think that it is high time for us to consider how we make the movement of people easier, that we should consider not having any restrictions on the free movement of labour and I also think we need to look at how people move around, (that is), how costly it is,” Dr. Ram said while speaking at an online forum organised by the Guyana Economic Development Trust (GEDT). This forum focused on the Caribbean’s post-pandemic recovery.
By Vishani Ragobeer
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