Jamaica

- Natural Resources:Bauxite, Gypsum, Limestone, Sugar 
- Arable Land: 15%
- Permanent Crops: 10%

- Capital: Kingston 
- Not land locked
- Island in the Caribbean
- Neighbours: Cuba, Dominican Republic
- Population: 2,825,928

- Infant Mortality Rate: 1.5%
- Life Expentancy: 73 Years 
- Fertility Rate: 2.25 children/ woman 

- Education Expenditures: 5.3% of GDP
- School Life Expectancy: 12 years
- 88% of Population has attended School



- GDP per Capita: 8,600$
- Unemployment: 14.5%
- Inflation: 22% 
- Gini Index: 45.5 
Economic Factors
Geography
Human Factors
Primary Sector
Social Indicators+ Obstacles to Development
Crime
Poverty Cycle
High Crime Rates
Economic Uncertainty
Less investment/ no foreign business

Fewer job opportunities

Higher unemployment=> 14.5%

High Inflation (22%)
Low Savings
Low Investment
Low Capital Stock
Low Income 
Poverty
Uncertainty
What to do now?!
How can the World Bank help?
The bad relationship between the Jamaican police force and the citizens of Jamaica is contributing to the high crime rates that are hindering development in Jamaica.  I request funding from the World Bank to invest in the Jamaican police force and to develop the relationship between the police and civilians. 
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita



This graph illustrates Jamaica's Homicide rate in comparison to Guyana.   
No-Cost Interventions

Investment in the Police Force
1.Ensuring stability for the individual police officer and his family and reducing external interference in police work

2.Inviting members of the community to sit in police stations for 3 hours a day to improve the communication gap between the police and public.

3.Rotate police between different duties within each police station to increase efficiency and manpower flexibility, and providing personnel with a weekly day off to reduce stress and increase on-the-job performance.


=> A similar project was proposed and studied by Esther Duflo, an economist reasearching at M.I.T..  She targeted the police force of Rajasthan, India to improve the relationship between citizens and the police.  The above mentioned non- cost interventions were proven to be successful in her case study.  

I request funding for salary supplements of the police force.  Underpaid police officers are prone to corruption and violence themselves.  Paying them a higher salary will create direct incentives for performance.  

Secondly I request funding for a police training porgram, that will improve their technical and investigative skills, which will empower them to work better. This will not only reduce crime, but will reestablish respect for the police force, and encourage coming generations to join the law enforcement. 

1400 police officers=> + 1000 $ salary/ year, 500 $/ officer
1 year: 1500 $/ officer
1 year => 2.1 million $
5 years total=> 10 500 000 $
Repayment Plan

The police force and its communication with the citizens of Jamaica  will improve leading to lower crime rates.  Lower crime rates will lead to higher investments and lower unemployment.  The government will receive more income taxes and will be able to repay the loan.  

=> 5 years
Audley Shaw
Finance Minister of Jamaica