Well done, Scarlette Gillings

t says somehing about Scarlette Gillings that, nearly two decades later, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) still remains such a critical institution for infrastructure development in so many communities. That's the result of the Government's failure, over a long period, to have implemented policies that generated growth and surpluses with which to fund social investment, rather than having to so heavily rely on the help of external partners.
What speaks loudly to Ms Gillings' achievement is that most people are sorry to see her go and worry whether her successor, Omar Sweeney, will perform with similar skill. We hope he does. JSIF, in many respects, is a model institution in Jamaica whose management is worthy of emulation.