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Interviews & Viewpoints | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, UN General Assembly: Interview from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago look to public-private partnerships to address infrastructure deficit from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
While public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been used to finance projects in Trinidad and Tobago since the 1990s, the model formally gained institutional backing in 2011 with the creation of a specific policy unit, known as the PPP Unit, which operates within the Investments Division of the Ministry of Finance. Despite this, unlike other Caribbean countries such as Jamaica,...
Articles & Analysis | Construction in Trinidad and Tobago to recover on the back of large-scale infrastructure projects from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Following a period of subdued activity, a steady flow of projects in 2019 have seen Trinidad and Tobago’s construction industry experience healthier growth in recent years. However, obtaining private sector funding remains a challenge, due to a decline in banks’ lending activity. Nevertheless, in November 2019 Glenn Mahabirsingh, president of the T&T Contractors...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jean-Paul de Meillac, CEO, Terra Caribbean: Interview from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Articles & Analysis | Data-driven technologies to revolutionise construction sectors of emerging economies from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Around 55% of the world’s population – or 4.2bn people – lived in urban areas in 2018, up from 47% in 2000, according to the UN. Because of the rapid rate of urbanisation, this figure is expected to reach 68% by 2050, with growth concentrated in Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The shift towards the cities put the onus on the...
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago to tackle affordable housing deficit and expand commercial real estate from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
Trinidad and Tobago’s housing market has fluctuated over recent decades in line with international oil prices and the overall health of the global economy. The sector grew rapidly between 1991 and 2006, with the most notable development occurring in the capital, Port of Spain, and the areas close to Point Lisas, the centre of the country’s petrochemicals industry. However,...