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11 August 2018 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica D r. Duncan who is former Cabinet Minister and former Member of Parliament delivered the 5th annual Joan Duncan Memorial Lecture hosted by the Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Leadership (JDSEEL) at the University of Technology, Jamaica. The lecture was delivered in collaboration with the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the JMMB Group. It focused on the topic, “Political Leadership: An Enabler or Disabler to Jamaica’s Economic Growth.” Speaking from his lived experiences in representational politics, Dr. Duncan painted a picture of Jamaica’s modern political history and culture which he acknowledged has been punctuated by periods of fractious tribalism, fuelled by political behaviour on both sides which have retarded growth. “We have had the situation in Jamaica of some 40 years of anaemic growth, but what I think is encouraging at this time is that there seems to be a convergence between the two political parties on some fundamentals in relation to macro-economic stability, which is necessary for growth to occur at some time. This has not been so for many, many years,” he said speaking in relation to the continuation of an economic reform programme started under the previous government administration. The veteran politician commended the leadership of both of Jamaica’s two main political parties for efforts being made in some areas, for the convergence of ideas and policy implementation in support of the country’s growth and development. He reasoned that more efforts around convergence Joan Duncan Memorial Lecture by DK Duncan Dr. DK Duncan, veteran politician delivering the 5th annual JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation Memorial Lecture on the topic, “Political Leadership: An Enabler or Disabler to Jamaica’s Economic Growth,” hosted by the Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Leadership (JDSEEL) at the Amphitheatre, Shared Facilities Building, Papine Campus on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. L-R: Dr. Carol Archer (left), Associate Professor, Faculty of The Built Environment moderates the panel discussion with Don Anderson, Rev. Jeffery Shuttleworth, The Honourable Fayval Williams, Mr. Fitz Jackson, MP and Dr. DK Duncan.