Check out this video on Trinidad’s financial sector and the plans for the future.
To be fair, there are challenges ahead (example – inflation) but what is clear is that this country’s leadership is not comfortable to rest on its laurels because of the current windfall from oil. Like Jamaica’s bauxite, their oil is a commodity that is likely to either run out or lose its relatively high value soon enough . Unlike Jamaica’s leadership at the time, the current TT government seem to have learned from their neighbors history and are preparing for the foreseeable possibilities accordingly.
How?
By creating industries where none existed before. link
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April 27, 2008 at 5:47 am
[...] Trinidad Financial Sector Poised for GrowthCheck out this video on Trinidad’s financial sector and the plans for the future. To be fair, there are challenges ahead (example – inflation) but what is clear is that this country’s leadership is not comfortable to rest on its laurels … [...]
April 28, 2008 at 9:51 am
[...] Trinidad Financial Sector Poised for GrowthCheck out this video on Trinidad’s financial sector and the plans for the future. To be fair, there are challenges ahead (example – inflation) but what is clear is that this country’s leadership is not comfortable to rest on its laurels … [...]