Effective long term strategic economic planning, specific to a country’s customs, traditions, and culture, is great for everyone: national stakeholders, citizens, employees, …
Dickson Igwe
Dickson Igwe
Dickson Igwe is an education official in the Virgin Islands. He is also a national sea safety instructor. He writes a national column across media and has authored a story book on the Caribbean: 'The Adventures of a West Indian Villager'. Dickson is focused on economics articles, and he believes economics holds the answer to the full economic and social development of the Caribbean. He is of both West African and Caribbean heritage. Dickson is married with one son.
Irma, austerity, and Strategic Planning part A
Great strategic economic planning, specific to a country’s customs, traditions, and culture, is good for everyone: citizens, employees, employers, businessmen and women, …
The road from Boom to Bust part A
The following story highlights the centrality of economics in offering direction for disaster recovery. Hurricanes Irma and Maria, add major floods, devastated …
Hurricane IRMA and the dearth of national planning
The economics of disaster stresses the importance of strategic planning for a countr Post Irma has been mantra filled. BVI Strong, Build …
Austerity or Stimulus: economic medicine
The following story is number 3 in a series: ‘’ A STORY OF DISASTER: HURRICANE IRMA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. This is …
Hurricane Irma, destruction, and loss
The following story is part of a series on Hurricane Irma: ‘’ A STORY OF DISASTER: HURRICANE IRMA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. …
A story of Disaster: Hurricane Irma and the Virgin Islands
The following story begins a series of narratives on Hurricane Irma that should eventually become a book. Hurricane Irma was the worst …
BVI: Transparency and public accountability
Transparency and public accountability: easier said than done Caribbean news. At a recent political meeting in idyllic Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, …
British Virgin Islands Government – Half an Opposition
In BVI news. Two years on, and the Virgin Islands opposition appears to possess just two active members. This article assesses the …
Air British Virgin Islands: flying blind?
In BVI news. A lack of critical statistics is a recipe for social and economic failure for the British Virgin Islands. This …