Category: Barbados Budget 2025
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Increasing Foreign Direct Investment in Barbados
The percentage of net inflows of foreign direct investment in Barbados from 2018 to 2023 has been nominal, if not almost non-existent. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is “a substantial lasting investment made by a company or government into a foreign concern” (Investopedia). FDI was at its highest in 2014 (14% of GDP). Since then, the Read more
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Trick or Treat Budget (Part 1)
Halloween is now a main feature in Barbadian society but the practice of trick or treat where children move go from house to house to either witness a trick or collect a treat is almost non-existent; until the recent budget speech given by the Minister in the Ministry of Finance. Read more