Tag: government structure
Background: Post-Emancipation, the colonial government’s focus was on developing essential infrastructure and establishing an administrative system primarily to facilitate colonial economic interests, mainly resource extraction, and to maintain social order, rather than focusing on the…
The Administrative Branch administers the day-to-day affairs of ordinary citizens and has the primary responsibility for the execution of policies for optimal development of Jamaican citizens. The Local Administrative and Governance Authority has responsibility for formalization of…
Jamaica’s current system of government, inherited from our colonial masters, accords to the Prime Minister and members of his Cabinet only final decision-making authority for all matters affecting local communities. The Minister of Local Government…