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Value & Supply Chain
Dickson C. Igwe
OK. The scope, type, and value of capital assets sitting in the Virgin Islands require observation, assessment, and evaluation. Why? Detailed assessment of the wealth-generating assets of the Virgin Islands – the capital mix- is beneficial for economic and social planning. It is also important information for organizations and businesses, both local and international. The innovative management of capital is key to the Virgin Islands' prosperity.
Culture & Capital
Dickson C. Igwe
Culture means a way of life of a people. Culture affects capital mix. Capital Mix is the various combinations of capital- land, labor, management, technology, enterprise- that drive prosperity, and social wellbeing.
Social Capital
Dickson C. Igwe
If capital drives wealth, power, and inequality, any attempt to create greater equality will involve capital too, and its management and ownership.
Capital drives inequality
Dickson C. Igwe
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, is a useful cliché in revealing the tendency of capital to drive social and wealth inequality
The human element in capital
Dickson C. Igwe
Education and learning are the most crucial elements in the building of Virgin Islands' prosperity. The human element is the defining factor in the capital mix. The appropriate mix of the components of capital drives wealth creation, with excellence in human resources as Key.
Youth & Capital
Dickson C. Igwe
The story of capital and social inequality offers the assertion that in a world ruled by capital, it is imperative young Virgin Islanders and residents understand economics and finance.
The Capital Mix
Dickson C. Igwe
The story on capital in the series asks a question relevant to the layperson in economics: What mix of scarce resources best fits in with the outcome and vision of an investor, policy maker, or even a consumer looking at starting a business? That is key to why the creative management of capital is vital for prosperity.
The rule of capital
Dickson C. Igwe
Capital is resources that drive social and economic growth: finance, machinery, land, technology, labor, skills, and management.
“Nothing is off the table” in conducting business – NBVI Board Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Virgin Islands, Mr Clarence Faulkner is assuring stakeholders that the bank is adequately capitalised, but emphasised that the bank is never at a point where it is “just sitting back comfortably”.

