Imani duncan price biography

Grace Imani Duncan-Price (born July 1976) is.
Imani Duncan-Price is a former Government Senator, Co-Executive Director of Jamaica's leading think tank, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI).
Passionate changemaker, committed to vibrant growth opportunities and the development of the Jamaican people.

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Imani Duncan-Price selected for top global leadership programme

Jamaica’s Imani Duncan-Price, former Senator and currently Chief of Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, has been selected as one of 25 global leaders to participate in the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowships’ Spring Global Programme in 2018.

In response to the development, Duncan-Price enthusiastically stated that, “This is a great honour. I am excited to have the opportunity to explore practical solutions to ignite some of Jamaica’s real growth areas and build networks that can benefit our trajectory. Yes, Jamaica has had global successes in the areas of music, sports and entertainment, but without significant Government support or true industries established. Imagine a Jamaica with home-grown thriving industries in music, sports and entertainment, where we line up education, supporting legislation, financial and economic frameworks, as well as distribution channels, to make a complete system.”

Over seven weeks, from April 2 to May 18, Duncan-Price, along with the other Eisenhower Fellows, will c

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Imani Duncan-Price off to school of public policy in Singapore

Imani Duncan-Price, Chief of the Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, leaves the island this Friday for the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore in her capacity as a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader (YGL).

While the overall programme focus’ on Leadership, Policy Innovation and Geopolitics in Asia Pacific, Duncan-Price intends to hone in on key areas she thinks most relevant to Jamaica’s development. These include “Economics and the New World-order”, “Innovation in Small States” and “Building Resilience in the Singapore Economy”.

“The trajectories of Jamaica and Singapore are often compared given that Lee Kuan Yew, then Prime Minister, visited Jamaica in the 1960’s, ostensibly to understand our transition path to independence. Since then, through deliberate policy choices and actions Singapore pursued a different development path from Jamaica and generated superior results in a range of areas – GDP, education, health, corruption to name a few. I am particularly intereste

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