(1/6)Areas to be addressed as we look to the future:
1. Being able to know our citizens and plan for their needs - Uniquely identifying every citizen will ensure that we are better able to prepare, plan and protect.
1. Being able to know our citizens and plan for their needs - Uniquely identifying every citizen will ensure that we are better able to prepare, plan and protect.
(2/6) 2. Increasing financial inclusion through providing every citizen with a bank account – this is a pre-requisite to allowing every citizen the opportunity to undertake transactions electronically without being physically present, for example...
(3/6) ...receiving remittances, paying bills, etc. This will also reduce the overcrowding that we have been seeing at various government offices and other places of business.
(4/6) 3. Improving broadband and internet access – we have to put in place the required infrastructure to ultimately facilitate the provision of internet access as a public good. This is the only way we will transition to a truly digital society...
(5/6)... This will also be key to enabling increased online learning which will become more prevalent in the future Jamaica.
(6/6) 4. Transformation of our industries to enhance productivity and increase diversification – tourism, agriculture, financial services, retail and many other businesses must change the way they operate in order to be successful in a new normal post-COVID world.
