Without productivity gains, any growth in GDP is exactly offset by population growth, and the average income stays the same.
Nobody voted for me on account of my origins. People voted for me because of what I am and what I stand for.
The PUP came into office in 1998 when the public debt of Belize was over $600 million and the economy was at a standstill. When we left office in 2008, ten years later, the debt was higher, but a lot was accomplished: the economy was transformed and the social and physical infrastructure of the country significantly upgraded.
