A building with a damaged roof in a section of the Montego Bay Free Zone at Freeport in St James. (Photo: Anthony Lewis)
Hurricane Melissa has left indelible lessons for Jamaica. The parish of St James has done commendably well in recovery thus far, with agencies mobilising to restore water, clear roads, and stabilise public health facilities. Their efforts deserve recognition. However, Melissa also revealed a deeper structural issue that reform must confront: The fragmentation of local governance responsibilities across ministries and agencies, away from the local cent
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