Economic Growth Council under scrutiny

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Economic Growth Council under scrutiny

Parliament Public Adminis-tration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) had difficulty on Wednesday in identifying the role of the Michael Lee-Chin-chaired Economic Growth Council (EGC) as it probed the reasons behind the low out-turn of growth since...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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