While education remains one of the great strengths of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy, a scenario of negative growth is raising questions of quality, cost effectiveness, efficiency, and the relevance of higher education and skills training for the country’s changing labor market and broader macroeconomic environment. To assess the state of the education system, the newly elected government...
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Chapter | Education & Health from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2016
Although low oil and gas prices in 2015 had a negative economic effect on the Trinidad and Tobago, the current government is pursuing a series of reforms aimed at both strengthening the important energy sector and diversifying the wider economy.
In May the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), in partnership with the federal Ministry of Health (MoH), signed a series of agreements to modernise and expand health care services through private sector participation.
Far-reaching reforms aimed at strengthening Kuwait’s national health care system are gaining momentum, as the government moves forward with its plans to rationalise public spending in the face of a rising budget deficit.
Articles & Analysis | Amiruddin Abdul Satar, President and Managing Director, KPJ Healthcare; and Ahmad Shahizam bin Mohd Shariff, CEO, Pantai Group: Interview from The Report: Malaysia 2016
How attractive is the aged-care subsector?
Articles & Analysis | Malaysia looks to private support to expand health sector from The Report: Malaysia 2016
In the nearly 60 years since Malaysia’s independence, the country has made enormous strides in health care, creating an internationally lauded public health system that delivers quality care to a large proportion of the public at extremely affordable rates. This is complemented by a growing private sector, which provides quality care – often...