PPP/C Guyana Version 2.0 (Excerpts)
The PPP/C leadership ticket, presidential candidate, incumbent President Donald Ramotar, and prime ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper
The PPP/C leadership ticket, presidential candidate, incumbent President Donald Ramotar, and prime ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper

Job Creation Initiatives OUR Highest priority will be to create a Guyana where every person of working age is able to obtain gainful and fulfilling employment and/or become self-employed. For this to be realised, we will ensure that educational opportunities expand, placing special emphasis on better alignment with the skill requirements of the new productive sectors.
The job creation agenda would be further supported by:
* Strengthening the efficient and transparent delivery of targeted poverty alleviation programmes to end poverty in Guyana.
* Empowering all levels of government, civil society, academic and financial institutions in our mission to end poverty.
* Identifying the most vulnerable villages of the country for special developmental programmes.
* Gainfully employing rural poor in agriculture and allied industrial activities.
* Promoting skill-training for the urban poor to take advantage of the emerging opportunities.
* Simplifying the tax system and improve access to financing.
* Reviewing the impact of taxes and other factors on cost of living.
* Periodic review of the regime business taxes to encourage greater investment by large, medium and small scale businesses.
* Implementing measures to improve financial intermediation and expand opportunities for “development type” finance.
* Raising quality and relevance in the education and training system
* Implementing national apprenticeship and special youth employment programmes
* Revitalising existing Industrial Sites, Establish Regional Industrial Sites and provide incentives for job creation opportunities.
* Focusing on downstream, value-added industries in agriculture, forestry, and mining sectors.
* Incentivizing foreign investment specific to employment creation.
* Providing incentives and opportunities for employers to hire youths.
* Developing entrepreneurship and apprenticeship programmes.
* Establishing business development services.
* Promoting appropriate micro-finance and innovative forms of credit.
* Setting up job intermediation, counseling and mentoring centres.

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