ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belmopan, November 2nd, 2018 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE WORLD BANK’S DOING BUSINESS REPORT 2019 On Wednesday October 31, 2018, the World Bank released its annual Doing…
Comprehensive National Transportation Master Plan (CNTMP)
The Government of Belize (GOB), with technical assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD) has undertaken the preparation of a Comprehensive National Transportation Master Plan (CNTMP). The result of extensive…
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Trade and Tax review in progress (part two)
As was pointed out in last week’s EDC “Strictly Business”, the need for the tax system to be modified so as to reduce the cost of doing business in Belize…
EDC: Upcoming transportation plan to boost economic growth
As part of the overall goal to engender an environment that is conducive for private sector growth, the Economic Development Council (EDC), in close collaboration with several other government agencies,…
Trade and tax review in progress (Part 1)
Over the years, the acknowledgement that small businesses are the “backbone of an economy” has virtually become a cliché of sorts, as there have been no shortage of reports or…
A look at movable assets and secured transaction reforms (part 1)
It is certainly no secret that one of the most talked about constraint to small business growth in Belize, as well as in several other countries, is the limited access…
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Trade and Tax Policy review commenced
The Economic Development Council (EDC), in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and various government agencies, have launched a full review of Belize’s trade and tax policies regime, with…
National Bank gives $1.6 million in small business loans
National Bank gives $1.6 million in small business loans The National Bank of Belize, established in 2013, has distributed over $1.6 million in loans to local small businesses, as the…
De-risking”: A Global Trend
There are few issues that one could say register on the economic Richter scale more significantly than one that could potentially cripple or disable a country’s ability to process payments…
PAYING TAXES Trade and Tax review in progress (Part III)
As may have become quite conspicuous in the last two installments of EDC’s Strictly Business, the Trade and Tax Revenue process, being spearheaded by the Trade and Tax Committee (The…
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