The Fourth Rutte cabinet promised Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten access to the Dutch guarantee and climate funds and to the National Growth Fund. In this opinion piece (in Dutch), Koert van Buiren and Peter Martens argue that this promise should be fulfilled quickly. With this, the Netherlands can help put the three Caribbean countries of the Kingdom on a structurally higher growth path.
In the Financieele Dagblad, Martijn Mak (Amsterdam Bureau for Economics) states that the container-deposit rate on plastic bottles should amount to 94 euro cents to correct for the entire decline in value that has occurred since its introduction.
The economic contribution of the shipping register of the Netherlands is €1.89 billion. This corresponds to 11,400 jobs. The economic contribution of the shipping register of Curaçao is Afl. 7.6 million. The Curaçao register is related to 65 jobs. This was calculated by Amsterdam Bureau for Economics on behalf of the KVNR.
Commissioned by Minister Geoffrey Wever of Economic Affairs, Communication and Sustainable Development and the Department of Economic Affairs, Commerce and Industry, Amsterdam Bureau for Economics is developing a model that maps the expected effects of policy measures on the purchasing power of households in Aruba.
