Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has pointed to a possible link between land titling and the growth of Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP), noting that some of the world’s most successful countries have titled between 90 and 100 per cent of their lands while Jamaica remains at about 60 per cent.

He therefore maintained that increasing the number of titled properties should be a national priority, arguing that secure land ownership can help drive economic growth by allowing citizens to build wealth, access financing and pass assets from one generation to the next.

Holness made the remarks on Thursday during a ceremony at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ in Kingston where residents of Ackee Walk and Jackson Town received land titles under the Government’s ongoing land regularisation programme.