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dc.titleFrom Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago
dc.contributor.authorArtana, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Wendell
dc.contributor.authorRojas-Suárez, Liliana
dc.contributor.authorNavajas, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorBour, Juan Luis
dc.contributor.authorVignoles, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorJaramillo, Fidel
dc.contributor.authorOmar, Deryck
dc.contributor.authorBalgobin, Rolph
dc.contributor.authorJessen, Anneke
dc.contributor.authorElías, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSt. Catherine, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez, Camila
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Ralph
dc.contributor.authorRajack-Talley, Ann
dc.contributor.authorCortázar, René
dc.contributor.authorRabkin, David
dc.contributor.authorFairbanks, Michael
dc.contributor.authorEscobari, Marcela
dc.contributor.editorElías, Carlos
dc.contributor.editorRojas-Suárez, Liliana
dc.contributor.orgunitRegional Operations Department
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.date.available2011-08-12T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2006-06-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe topics covered in the chapters of the report were presented and discussed in a conference organized by the IDB in Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the future, the Trinidad and Tobagp economy remains overly dependent on the oil and gas sector, the public sector lacks capacity, and pockets of poverty persist. How can the country promote sustainable and equitable development, and thus reduce poverty? The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, in consensus with major stakeholders, has confronted this question in its Vision 2020 - an ambitious program that calls for Trinidad and Tobago to achieve developed-country status by the year 2020. As the country sets out to meet this longer term goal, it must begin to tackle some pressing development challenges in the short to medium term, including economic diversifi cation through private sector development, modernization of the public sector and improved social services. In this context, we believe the timing of this report to be most opportune. To achieve sustainable growth and to benefit its citizens more equitably, the country must continue to grapple with major issues. This report sheds light on some of the most pressing ones.
dc.format.extent279
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012322
dc.identifier.isbn159782030X
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/From-Growth-to-Prosperity-Policy-Perspectives-for-Trinidad-and-Tobago.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectBusiness Development
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectIntegration and Trade
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectLabor Policy
dc.subject.keywordseconomic cycles; GDP; growth; dual economy; competitiveness; oil boom; public debt; energy wealth; resources; fiscal policy; poverty; antipoverty programs; labor market; institutions; labor legislation; international trade; exports; services; CARICOM
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