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2017 CONTENTS Executive Summary 8 Introduction 12 Chapter 1: THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION 16 1.1. Socio-Economic Outlook 16 1.1.1. Global Competitiveness 17 1.1.2. Human Development 18 1.1.3. Poverty 18 1.1.4. Food Security 19 1.1.5. Health and Wellness 20 1.1.6. Education 20 1.1.7. Gender Equity 21 1.1.8. Human Security 22 1.1.9. Social Justice 22 Chapter 2: THE CARIBBEAN SOCIAL SITUATION 26 2.1. Regional Economic Development 26 2.1.1. Economic Growth 26 2.1.2. Employment 26 2.1.3. Inflation 26 2.2. Regional Integration 27 2.2.1. CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) 27 2.2.2. Human Capital Development 27 2.2.3. Citizen Security and Justice 28 2.3. Regional Social Development 29 2.3.1. Sustainable Development 29 2.3.2. Environmental Sustainability 30 2.3.3. Health 31 2.3.4. Poverty Reduction 33 2.3.5. Education 34 2.4. Regional Dialogue 35 2.4.1 CARICOM 35 2.4.2. Latin America and the Caribbean 37 2.5. Outlook for 2017 38 2 Chapter 3: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CARIBBEAN 40 3.1. Global Competitiveness 40 3.2. Global Gender Gap 44 3.3. Human Development 45 3.4. Happiness Index 45 3.5. The Overall Situation for Trinidad and Tobago 46 CHAPTER 4: THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SITUATION 48 4.1. Efficient Delivery of Social Services 48 4.1.1. Improved Efficiency in the TTCard Programme 48 4.1.2. Expansion of the Office of the Prime Minister 48 4.1.3 Development of a Social Mitigation Plan 49 4.2. Poverty Reduction 49 4.2.1. Survey of Living Conditions (2014) 49 4.2.2. Regional Poverty Profiles 49 4.2.3. National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS) 49 4.2.4. Child Poverty Study 50 4.3. Vulnerable and Excluded Groups 50 4.3.1. Persons Living with HIV/AIDS 50 4.3.2. Persons Living with Disabilities 51 4.3.3. Victims of Domestic Violence 52 4.3.4. Older Persons 52 4.3.5 Families 53 4.3.6. Children and Youth 53 4.3.7. Gender Development 54 4.4. Education 54 4.4.1. Early Childhood Education 54 4.4.2. Primary and Secondary Education 56 4.4.3. Tertiary Education 57 4.5. Healthcare 58 4.5.1 Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases 59 4.5.2 Communicable Diseases 60 4.5.3. Access to Health Care Services and Expansion of Health Facilities 61 4.6. Housing 62 4.7. National Security 63 4.7.1. Enhancing Law Enforcement 64 4.7.2. Strengthening the Nation’s Security 65 4.7.3. Community and Youth-Based Initiatives 65 4.7.4. Strengthening of the Justice System 66 4.7.4. National Security Conferences and Workshops 66 4.7.5. Legislative Agenda for the Social Sector 67 4.8. Community Development 67 4.9. Culture 67 4.9.1. On-Going Initiatives 67 4.9.2 New Initiatives 67 3 2017 4.10. Sport 68 4.10.1. Development and Refurbishment of Sporting Facilities 68 4.10.2. Implementation of National and Community Sporting Programmes and Initiatives 68 4.10.3. Policy Review 68 4.10.4. Provision of Financial Assistance for Youth Leadership Development 69 4.11 Labour 69 4.11.1 Industrial Relations 69 4.11.2 Income and Social Protection 71 4.11.3 Retrenchment 71 4.12. Agriculture 72 4.12.1 Food Inflation 72 4.12.2 Contribution to the Economy 72 4.12.3 Initiatives in 2015/2016 72 Chapter 5: OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL SECTOR FOR 2016 76 5.1 Budgeted Allocations to the Social Sector 76 5.2. New Programmes/Projects Developed in Fiscal 2016 79 5.3. Social Policies Developed in Fiscal 2016 79 5.3.1. The Inter-Ministerial Social Policy Committee (I-Mspc) 79 5.4. Research Conducted in Fiscal 2016 79 5.4.1. The Inter-Ministerial Research Council (I-MRC) 79 Chapter 6: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES FOR 2016 82 Review of Social Programmes 85 CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL SECTOR PLANS 160 7.1 Ministry of Agriculture, Land And Fisheries 161 7.2. Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts 161 7.3. Ministry of Education 163 7.4. Ministry of Health 164 7.5 Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development 166 7.6 Ministry of National Security 167 7.7. Ministry of Social Development and Family Services 168 7.8. Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs 173 7.9. Office of the Prime Minister – Gender and Child Affairs 173 7.10. Tobago House of Assembly 174 7.10.1. Economic Expansion and Job Creation 174 7.10.2. Social Sector Development 175 7.10.3. Human Capital Development 176 7.10.4. Environmental Sustainability 177 4 APPENDICES Appendix I: Key Social Programmes and Structural / Institutional Initiatives funded by the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) 180 Appendix II: Allocations and Expenditure for Social Programmes and Initiatives for Fiscal 2016 and 2017, Actual Expenditure for Fiscal 2015 under Recurrent Expenditure by Ministry 192 Appendix III: List of Non-Governmental Organisations Receiving Government Subventions for Fiscal 2015 & 2016 204 Appendix IV: Status of New Programmes, Policies and Initiatives that were Planned for Implementation in Fiscal 2016 211 List of Acronyms 214 5 2017 LIST OF TABLES Table I: Key initiatives to be implemented in the 2016/2017 Fiscal Year 10 Table 1.I: World Economic Outlook Projections for 2017 16 Table 1.II: Global Competitiveness Index 2015 – 2016 17 Table 1.III Countries with High Multidimensional Poverty 18 Table 1.IV: Global Food Security Index 2015 19 Table 1.V: Education Index 2015 20 Table 1.VI: Gender Development Index values by region, 2014 21 Table 2.I: Deaths by Non Communicable Diseases for Selected Caribbean Countries 32 Table 3.I: Stages of Development for the Period 2014 - 2016 42 Table 3.II: Top Three Factors Affecting Business in Selected Caribbean Countries in 2016 43 Table 4.I: Gov’t & Gov’t Assisted (Including Servol) Ecce Centres, Summary Term III 2015/2016 55 Table 4.II: Work completed by the EFCL in Fiscal 2015/2016 57 Table 4.III: Confirmed Zika Cases in Trinidad and Tobago as at August 25, 2016 60 Table 4.IV: Serious Crime Reports in Trinidad and Tobago for the period October 2015 to June 2016 63 Table 5.I: Budgeted Allocations for the Key Social Sector Ministries and the Social Services Divisions of the Tobago House of Assembly for Fiscal 2015/2016 77 Table 5.II: Budgeted Allocations for Social Infrastructure and Programming for Fiscal Period 2012-2016 78 Table 5.III: Percentage of Social Infrastructure & Programming Allocated to Social Sector Ministries and the THA 78 Table 6.I: Key Focus Areas 82 Table 6.II: Comparison of Estimates of Expenditure and Revised Estimates of Expenditure for Social Programmes (Recurrent) for Fiscal 2017, Key Social Sector Ministries and Key Social Services Divisions within the Tobago House of Assembly 83 Table 6.III: Actual Expenditure for Selected Programmes for the years 2011 -2015 and Revised Estimates of Expenditure for 2016 84 Table 7.I: Comparison of Budgeted Allocations for Social Infrastructure & Programming – 2016-2017 161 6 LIST OF BOXES Box 5.I: New Programmes, Projects and Initiatives developed/implemented in Fiscal 2016 79 Box 5.II: Policies Developed and/or Finalised in Fiscal 2016 79 Box 5.III: Research Conducted and/or Finalised in Fiscal 2016 80 Box 6.I: Ministries/Divisions Represented 85 Box 7.4.1: Policy Initiatives for the Ministry of Health for fiscal 2016/2017 165 Box 7.4.2: Research Initiatives for the Ministry of Health for fiscal 2016/2017 165 Box 7.4.3: Legislative Agenda for the Ministry of Health for fiscal 2016/2017 166 Box 7.5.1: Policy and Research Initiatives for Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development in Fiscal 2017 166 Box 7.5.2: Legislative Agenda for Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development in Fiscal 2017 167 Box 7.6.1: Research Agenda for the Ministry of National Security for fiscal 2016/2017 168 Box 7.7.1: Research Agenda for Ministry of Social Development and Family Services for Fiscal 2017 172 Box 7.7.2: Policy Agenda for Ministry of Social Development and Family Services for Fiscal 2017 172 Box 7.8.1: Key Research and Policy Initiatives for the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs for fiscal 2016/2017 173 Box 7.9.1: Policy and Research Initiatives for Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs for fiscal 2017 174 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.I: Global Gender Gap Index 2015-2016 18 Figure 1.II: Gender Development Index by Countries 22 Figure 1.III: 2016 EPI Rankings 23 Figure 3.I: Global Competitiveness Rankings for Selected Caribbean Countries for the period 2014 - 2016 40 Figure 3.II: Trinidad and Tobago’s Sub-Indices for the period 2014 - 2016 41 Figure 3.III: Trinidad and Tobago’s Sub-Indices Pillars for the period 2014 – 2016 41 Figure 3.IV: Basic Requirements Sub-Index 41 Figure 3.V: Efficiency Enhancers Sub-Index 42 Figure 3.VI: Innovation & Sophistication Factors Sub-Index 42 Figure 3.VII: Factors Affecting Business in Selected Caribbean Countries for the period 2014 – 2016 43 Figure 3.VIII: Global Gender Gap Rankings of selected Caribbean Countries for the period 2013-2015 44 Figure 3.IX: Sub-Indices’ Rankings of Global Gender Gap Report 2015 44 Figure 3.X: Human Development Report Rankings for Selected Caribbean Countries 2013 – 2015.