Wages in the hospitality sector lagged, while profit margins were favorable and there was strong growth in the number of establishments. The sector appears to be able to tackle the staff shortage with better remuneration. Martijn Mak of Amsterdam Bureau for Economics argues this in ESB’s blog.
The strength of the institutions of both countries plays an important role in this.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics will henceforth help clients find financial-economic professionals. Saskia de Rijke plays an important role in these activities.
With the relocation to Herengracht 514, Economic Bureau Amsterdam will remain located in the heart of Amsterdam.
The legal position of entrepreneurs in Aruba is weak. Amsterdam Bureau for Economics proposes four priority improvements, which will improve and simplify licensing decisions, the licensing system and the opening of a bank account and which will lead to the establishment of the Aruba Fair Trade Authority.
Certain forms of second-hand trade increase emissions because not all buyers of a used product prevent the production new ones. This results from a case study conducted by Martijn Mak (Economic Bureau Amsterdam) and Reinout Heijungs (VU University Amsterdam).
The tool contains various social and economic data about Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Data in the tool are updated, new variables and countries have also been added to the tool.
Koert van Buiren, director of Amsterdam Bureau for Economics, and co-author Alexander Rose, legal director of Public Funding and Subsidy Control at DWF, write the chapter on the General Block Exemption Regulation.
Daily newspaper Amigoe interviewed EBA-director Koert van Buiren after data-tool CARIBBEAN ANALYTICS and STATISTICS (CAS) and the Caribbean Investment Climate Index (CICI) were launched.