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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Trinidad & Tobago in the early years of the 21st
Century. Some of these links may lead to websites that present
allegations that are unsubstantiated, misleading or even false.
No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their
content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps your
paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street
Children, or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Trinidad & Tobago U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/trinidad-and-tobago/ [accessed 11 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - relies on its
energy sector - oil and gas typically account for about 40% of GDP and 80% of
exports; has one of the highest per capita incomes in Latin America, a
sovereign wealth fund, and considerable foreign exchange reserves GDP -
per capita (PPP): $31,300 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
3.1% industry:
11.5% services: 85.4% (2016 est.) Unemployment
rate: 4.9% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 20% (2014
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 67 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 20.1 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 73.9 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 99.3% of
population Physicians
density: 3.36 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 99.3% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Trinidad and Tobago borgenproject.org/category/trinidad-and-tobago/ [accessed 16 March 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United
States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the
world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
Addressing Healthcare Worker Emigration borgenproject.org/healthcare-worker-emigration/ ~
Healthcare In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ ~
Homelessness In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Living Conditions In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ ~
Food Waste And Hunger In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/hunger-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ ~
Why Is Trinidad And Tobago Poor? borgenproject.org/why-is-trinidad-and-tobago-poor/ ~
How To Help People In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/help-people-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ ~
Common Diseases In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/common-diseases-in-trinidad-tobago/ ~
10 Facts About Refugees In Trinidad And Tobago borgenproject.org/facts-refugees-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ People desperate ... as unemployment, hunger, poverty grip T&T Raphael John Lall, The Guardian, 5 June 2021 www.guardian.co.tt/news/people-desperate-6.2.1338483.a250b61f2a [accessed 6 June 2021] Unemployment,
hunger and poverty have been gripping the population of T&T with the
closure of businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
restrictions put in place by the Government to help curb runaway numbers of
infections and deaths have forced businesses to close their doors and lay off
employees and it has also impoverished working people who were already
struggling. Some
people who have lost their jobs have become desperate as they do not know
where their next meal will be coming from or how they will pay their bills.
Many people are being evicted from their homes and their mental health are being affected. While thousands have been clamouring for help from the Government and have received
food relief hampers and employment relief cheques,
hundreds of others have not been so lucky. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Trinidad-and-Tobago-ECONOMY.html [accessed 12 January 2021] Oil
revenue windfall after 1973 brought unprecedented prosperity. However, this
prosperity was not sustained when oil prices began to fall in 1982. Only after
a further steep decline in the price of oil in 1986 did the government face the challenge of a fundamental adjustment
in economic policy and initiate a program supported by the World Bank and the
IMF. The country began the difficult transition from an oil
dependent, public sector dominated economy, to a more diversified,
market-oriented, private sector-led one. After a
decade of almost uninterrupted economic decline, growth returned in 1995,
when real GDP increased 2.4%. All
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