Despite tremendous strides towards economic stabilization, fiscal responsibility, and debt reduction, financial sector development, access, and inclusion in Jamaica lag behind many of its peers. Recent improvements in institutional capacity, policy discipline, and structural factors suggest that there is considerable scope to accelerate financial sector development and to … [Read more...] about What’s holding back financial deepening and development in Jamaica? (Part 1)
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Interview with Panos Panay: The Simple Formula Sparking a Musical Revolution
The Open Music Initiative may just have discovered how to leverage technology to protect and promote the artistic talent and save the music industry along the way. By Roger Santodomingo Panos Panay sees himself as a mediocre guitar player. But he doesn't lack talent completely. His high standards inevitably skew his confession. In fact, his guitarist instinct might be … [Read more...] about Interview with Panos Panay: The Simple Formula Sparking a Musical Revolution
The Open Music Initiative’s New Toys
Amidst the making of an open architecture for music rights, three Caribbean artists got to test out a new set of blockchain applications designed to spark innovation in music… By Roger Santodomingo “Once upon a time people got together to produce and record music,” says Panos Panay Managing Director of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and co-founder of … [Read more...] about The Open Music Initiative’s New Toys
The IDB and the Open Music Initiative
Saving Music with Blockchain By Roger Santodomingo Waking up disoriented in a hotel room in a foreign city was nothing new for Chino McGregregor. He travels all year long with “the movement” – a fan-based wave of today’s Jamaican music. He has followed this wave beyond Jamaica and the Caribbean, to London, Tokyo, Miami, and New York. “Jamaican music is very unique, you need … [Read more...] about The IDB and the Open Music Initiative