Final Report Municipality of Siparia Local Area Economic Profile

Final Report Municipality of Siparia Local Area Economic Profile 1Municipality of Siparia Local Area Economic Profile Final Report Submitted to: Permanent Secretary Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government Kent House, Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago Submitted by: Kairi Consultants Limited 14 Cochrane St, Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: 1 868 663 2677; Fax: 1 868 663 1442 Email<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">: [email protected] </a>March 11, 2016 iTable of Contents <a href="#6_0">List of Figure</a><a href="#6_0">s</a><a href="#6_0">........................................................................................................................................ v </a><a href="#7_0">List of Tables </a><a href="#7_0">........................................................................................................................................ vi </a><a href="#8_0">Acronyms and Abbreviations </a><a href="#8_0">.............................................................................................................. vii </a><a href="#10_0">1</a><a href="#11_0">2</a> <a href="#10_0">Introductio</a><a href="#10_0">n</a><a href="#10_0">.</a><a href="#10_0">................................................................................................................................. 9 </a><a href="#11_0">Area Information and Demography ......................................................................................... 10 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#11_1">2.1 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#11_1">Location.................................................................................................................................10 </a></li></ul><a href="#11_2">Geography.............................................................................................................................10 </a><a href="#12_0">Population and Demography ................................................................................................11 </a> <a href="#12_1">Population and Household Siz</a><a href="#12_1">e</a><a href="#12_1">.</a><a href="#12_1">...................................................................................11 </a><a href="#12_2">Population Density.........................................................................................................11 </a><a href="#13_0">Age Profile and Dependency.........................................................................................12 </a><a href="#15_0">Ethnicity .........................................................................................................................14 </a><a href="#15_1">Religious Affiliation ........................................................................................................14 </a> <a href="#17_0">Educational Attainmen</a><a href="#17_0">t</a><a href="#17_0">.</a><a href="#17_0">........................................................................................................16 </a> <a href="#19_0">Living Conditions in Sipari</a><a href="#19_0">a</a><a href="#19_0">.</a><a href="#19_0">..........................................................................................18 </a> <a href="#11_2">2.2 </a><a href="#12_0">2.3 </a> <a href="#12_1">2.3.1 </a><a href="#12_2">2.3.2 </a><a href="#13_0">2.3.3 </a><a href="#15_0">2.3.4 </a><a href="#15_1">2.3.5 </a> <a href="#17_0">2.4 </a> <a href="#19_0">2.4.1 </a>ii <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#23_0">2.4.2 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#23_0">Crime .............................................................................................................................22 </a></li></ul><a href="#25_0">3</a><a href="#28_0">4</a> <a href="#25_0">Land Use and Land Resource</a><a href="#25_0">s</a><a href="#25_0">.</a><a href="#25_0">............................................................................................... 24 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#25_1">3.1 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#25_1">Land Use and Resources .....................................................................................................24 </a></li></ul><a href="#26_0">Forest Resources..................................................................................................................25 </a><a href="#26_1">Coastal and Marine Resources.............................................................................................25 </a><a href="#27_0">Mineral Resources of Economic Importanc</a><a href="#27_0">e</a><a href="#27_0">.</a><a href="#27_0">.......................................................................26 </a> <a href="#26_0">3.2 </a><a href="#26_1">3.3 </a><a href="#27_0">3.4 </a><a href="#28_0">Municipal Physical and Social Assets .................................................................................... 27 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#28_1">4.1 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#28_1">Physical Infrastructure...........................................................................................................27 </a></li></ul><a href="#28_2">Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure .......................................27 </a><a href="#28_3">Storm Water Management and Coastal Protection ......................................................27 </a><a href="#28_4">Transportation (Land and Sea) .....................................................................................27 </a><a href="#29_0">Water Supply and Distribution.......................................................................................28 </a><a href="#29_1">Electricity .......................................................................................................................28 </a><a href="#29_2">Wastewater Management .............................................................................................28 </a><a href="#29_3">Solid Waste Management .............................................................................................28 </a> <a href="#29_4">Social/Cultural Infrastructure.................................................................................................28 </a> <a href="#29_5">Dwelling and Building Stoc</a><a href="#29_5">k</a><a href="#29_5">.</a><a href="#29_5">.........................................................................................28 </a> <a href="#29_6">Social Facilities .....................................................................................................................28 </a> <a href="#29_7">Education.......................................................................................................................28 </a><a href="#30_0">Health ............................................................................................................................29 </a><a href="#30_1">Disaster Management ...................................................................................................29 </a><a href="#30_2">Social Services and Community Developmen</a><a href="#30_2">t</a><a href="#30_2">.</a><a href="#30_2">............................................................29 </a><a href="#0_0">Recreation, Sports and Entertainmen</a><a href="#0_0">t</a><a href="#0_0">.</a><a href="#0_0">.........................................................................30 </a> <a href="#28_2">4.1.1 </a><a href="#28_3">4.1.2 </a><a href="#28_4">4.1.3 </a><a href="#29_0">4.1.4 </a><a href="#29_1">4.1.5 </a><a href="#29_2">4.1.6 </a><a href="#29_3">4.1.7 </a> <a href="#29_4">4.2 </a> <a href="#29_5">4.2.1 </a> <a href="#29_6">4.3 </a> <a href="#29_7">4.3.1 </a><a href="#30_0">4.3.2 </a><a href="#30_1">4.4.3 </a><a href="#30_2">4.4.4 </a><a href="#0_0">4.4.5 </a><a href="#0_0">5</a><a href="#0_0">6</a> <a href="#0_0">The Area Economy .................................................................................................................... 31 </a><a href="#0_1">5.1 </a><a href="#0_2">5.2 </a> <a href="#0_3">5.2.1 </a> <a href="#0_0">5.3 </a> <a href="#0_1">Gross Domestic Product in Trinidad and Tobago.................................................................31 </a><a href="#0_2">Key Economic Drivers (Activities</a><a href="#0_2">)</a><a href="#0_2">.</a><a href="#0_2">........................................................................................32 </a> <a href="#0_3">Industrial Activities.........................................................................................................33 </a> <a href="#0_0">Prevalent Clusters or Value Chain Linkage</a><a href="#0_0">s</a><a href="#0_0">.</a><a href="#0_0">.......................................................................35 </a><a href="#0_0">Municipal MSME Profile ............................................................................................................ 36 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#0_4">6.1 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#0_4">Municipal MSME Survey (2015) ...........................................................................................37 </a></li></ul><a href="#0_5">General Characteristic</a><a href="#0_5">s</a><a href="#0_5">.</a><a href="#0_5">................................................................................................37 </a><a href="#0_6">Size of Enterprise ..........................................................................................................38 </a><a href="#0_7">Legal Status...................................................................................................................39 </a><a href="#0_8">Markets and Annual Sales ............................................................................................41 </a> <a href="#0_5">6.1.1 </a><a href="#0_6">6.1.2 </a><a href="#0_7">6.1.3 </a><a href="#0_8">6.1.4 </a>iii <a href="#0_9">6.1.5 </a><a href="#0_10">6.1.6 </a><a href="#0_11">6.1.7 </a> <a href="#0_9">Financing and Investment .............................................................................................42 </a><a href="#0_10">Use of Interne</a><a href="#0_10">t</a><a href="#0_10">.</a><a href="#0_10">..............................................................................................................43 </a><a href="#0_11">Technical Support..........................................................................................................44 </a> <a href="#0_12">MSME Focus Group Discussion</a><a href="#0_12">s</a><a href="#0_12">.</a><a href="#0_12">........................................................................................44 </a><a href="#0_13">Partners in Local Area Economic Development in Trinida</a><a href="#0_13">d</a><a href="#0_13">.</a><a href="#0_13">................................................46 </a> <a href="#0_14">Local Economic Development in the South West Peninsul</a><a href="#0_14">a</a><a href="#0_14">.</a><a href="#0_14">.......................................46 </a><a href="#0_0">The Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development ........................47 </a><a href="#0_15">The National Entrepreneurship Development Company Limited .................................47 </a><a href="#0_16">Micro-Enterprise Loan Facility.......................................................................................48 </a><a href="#0_17">The FairShare Programme............................................................................................48 </a><a href="#0_0">Other Stakeholders........................................................................................................49 </a> <a href="#0_12">6.2 </a><a href="#0_13">6.3 </a> <a href="#0_14">6.3.1 </a><a href="#0_0">6.3.2 </a><a href="#0_15">6.3.3 </a><a href="#0_16">6.3.4 </a><a href="#0_17">6.3.5 </a><a href="#0_0">6.3.6 </a><a href="#0_0">7</a><a href="#0_0">8</a> <a href="#0_0">Local Government System in Trinidad and Tobago and the CARILED Model ................... 50 </a><a href="#0_0">Promoting for Local Economic Development </a><a href="#0_0">– </a><a href="#0_0">Issues and Recommendations................ 52 </a><a href="#0_18">8.1 </a><a href="#0_19">8.2 </a> <a href="#0_20">8.2.1 </a> <a href="#0_18">Introduction............................................................................................................................52 </a><a href="#0_19">Strategic Sectors...................................................................................................................53 </a> <a href="#0_20">Energy ...........................................................................................................................53 </a><a href="#0_21">Agriculture and Food .....................................................................................................54 </a><a href="#0_22">Eco, Heritage and Cultural Touris</a><a href="#0_22">m</a><a href="#0_22">.</a><a href="#0_22">.............................................................................55 </a><a href="#0_23">Commerce and Distribution...........................................................................................56 </a> <a href="#0_24">8.2 Proposed Projects and Implementation Plan .................................................................57 </a> <a href="#0_21">8.2.2 </a><a href="#0_22">8.2.3 </a><a href="#0_23">8.2.4 </a> <a href="#0_24">8.3 </a> <a href="#0_25">8.3.1 </a><a href="#0_25">LED </a> <a href="#0_25">8.2.1 Establishing Institutional Structures within the Siparia Regional Corporation for </a><a href="#0_25">.......................................................................................................................................57 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="#0_26">8.3.2 </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="#0_26">8.2.2 Recommended Sectoral Initiatives.......................................................................60 </a></li></ul><a href="#0_27">8.2.3 Siparia LED Implementation Plan ........................................................................63 </a> <a href="#0_28">Conclusion...............................................................................................................................1 </a> <a href="#0_27">8.3.3 </a> <a href="#0_28">8.4 </a>iv List of Figures <a href="#11_3">Figure 2.1: Location of the Municipality of Siparia illustrating the distribution of Communities...........10 </a><a href="#14_0">Figure 2.2: Age-Sex Pyramid for Population of Siparia for 2000 and 2011.........................................13 </a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Christian%20Theodore/Documents/Freddi's%20Files/Freddi%202014-06-11/Kairi/Kairi%20Projects/2015/TT%20MLG%20LED%20Profiles/Deliverables/Final%20Reports/Group%20A%20Municipalities/Siparia/MLG%20Siparia%20Final%20LEAP%20Report%20201603013.docx%23_Toc445675409" target="_blank">Figure 2.3: Distribution of Ethnic Groups in Sipari</a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Christian%20Theodore/Documents/Freddi's%20Files/Freddi%202014-06-11/Kairi/Kairi%20Projects/2015/TT%20MLG%20LED%20Profiles/Deliverables/Final%20Reports/Group%20A%20Municipalities/Siparia/MLG%20Siparia%20Final%20LEAP%20Report%20201603013.docx%23_Toc445675409" target="_blank">a</a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Christian%20Theodore/Documents/Freddi's%20Files/Freddi%202014-06-11/Kairi/Kairi%20Projects/2015/TT%20MLG%20LED%20Profiles/Deliverables/Final%20Reports/Group%20A%20Municipalities/Siparia/MLG%20Siparia%20Final%20LEAP%20Report%20201603013.docx%23_Toc445675409" target="_blank">.</a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Christian%20Theodore/Documents/Freddi's%20Files/Freddi%202014-06-11/Kairi/Kairi%20Projects/2015/TT%20MLG%20LED%20Profiles/Deliverables/Final%20Reports/Group%20A%20Municipalities/Siparia/MLG%20Siparia%20Final%20LEAP%20Report%20201603013.docx%23_Toc445675409" target="_blank">............................................................................14 </a><a href="#17_1">Figure 2.4: Population Distribution amongst the Top Religions of Siparia ..........................................16 </a><a href="#20_0">Figure 2.5: National Human development Index 2008/2009 by Administrative Region</a><a href="#20_0">s</a><a href="#20_0">.</a><a href="#20_0">...................19 </a><a href="#20_1">Figure 2.6: Inequality-adjusted National Human Development Index 2008/2009 </a><a href="#20_1">by Administrative Regions....................................................................................................................19 </a><a href="#23_1">Figure 2.7: Police Divisions in Trinidad and Tobago ...........................................................................22 </a><a href="#24_0">Figure 2.8: Share of Serious Crimes by the Type of Crime in South Western Police Division, 201</a><a href="#24_0">0</a><a href="#24_0">.</a><a href="#24_0">23 </a><a href="#0_29">Figure 6.1: Distribution of MSMEs by Ethnicity....................................................................................38 </a><a href="#0_30">Figure 6.2: Male Ownership of MSMEs ...............................................................................................39 </a><a href="#0_31">Figure 6.3: Female Ownership of MSME</a><a href="#0_31">s</a><a href="#0_31">.</a><a href="#0_31">..........................................................................................39 </a><a href="#0_32">Figure 6.4: Length of Time in Operation ..............................................................................................39 </a><a href="#0_33">Figure 6.5: Distribution of Registered Versus Unregistered MSMEs ..................................................39 </a><a href="#0_34">Figure 6.6: Annual Sales for MSME</a><a href="#0_34">s</a><a href="#0_34">.</a><a href="#0_34">..................................................................................................42 </a><a href="#0_35">Figure 6.7: Amount Invested in Plant Equipment and Other Assets ...................................................43 </a><a href="#0_17">Figure 6.8: Reported Uses of Internet and Category of Busines</a><a href="#0_17">s</a><a href="#0_17">.</a><a href="#0_17">......................................................44 </a>vList of Tables <a href="#12_3">Table 2.1: Population Density of the regional corporation of Siparia ..................................................11 </a><a href="#15_2">Table 2.2: Total Population of Siparia by Ethnic Group.......................................................................14 </a><a href="#16_0">Table 2.3: Percentage Distribution of</a><a href="#16_0"> </a><a href="#16_0">Siparia’s Total Population by Religious Affiliation, 2011</a><a href="#16_0">.........15 </a><a href="#18_0">Table 2.4: Non-Institutional Population of Tunapuna/ Piarco by Age Group and Educational </a><a href="#18_0">Attainment ............................................................................................................................................17 </a><a href="#19_1">Table 2.5: Non-Institutional Population of Siparia by Age Group and Highest Qualification...............18 </a><a href="#22_0">Table 2.6: Various Statistics on Living Conditions in Siparia...............................................................21 </a><a href="#0_22">Table 5.1: Trinidad and Tobago Selected Economic Indicator</a><a href="#0_22">s</a><a href="#0_22">.</a><a href="#0_22">.........................................................32 </a><a href="#0_0">Table 5.2: Number of Businesses in Operation by Size and Sector....................................................33 </a><a href="#0_36">Table 6.1: Domestic Definition of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise</a><a href="#0_36">s</a><a href="#0_36">.</a><a href="#0_36">.................................36 </a><a href="#0_0">Table 6.2: Criteria Used to Define Mini-Micro, Micro and Small-sized Businesses ............................37 </a><a href="#0_37">Table 6.3: Category of Business by Age of Responden</a><a href="#0_37">t</a><a href="#0_37">.</a><a href="#0_37">....................................................................37 </a><a href="#0_0">Table 6.4: Category of Business by Age of Respondent and Sex.......................................................38 </a><a href="#0_0">Table 6.5: Length of Time in Operation by Size of Business...............................................................40 </a><a href="#0_38">Table 6.6: Legal Status of MSMEs by Size of Enterpris</a><a href="#0_38">e</a><a href="#0_38">.</a><a href="#0_38">...................................................................40 </a><a href="#0_0">Table 6.7: Legal Status of MSMEs by Size of Enterprise and Sex......................................................41 </a><a href="#0_39">Table 6.8: Primary Local Markets for Goods and Services by Size of Enterprise...............................41 </a><a href="#0_40">Table 6.9: Business Exporting/Not Exporting Products and Category of Business ............................42 </a><a href="#0_41">Table 6.10: Primary Export Markets for Goods and Services by Size of Enterpris</a><a href="#0_41">e</a><a href="#0_41">.</a><a href="#0_41">..........................42 </a><a href="#0_16">Table 6.11: Key Suppliers of Financing for MSMEs by Size of Enterprise..........................................43 </a><a href="#0_42">Table 6.12: Businesses Reporting Routine Use of Internet and Category of Busines</a><a href="#0_42">s</a><a href="#0_42">.</a><a href="#0_42">.....................43 </a><a href="#0_43">Table 6.13: Other Sources of Technical Assistance and Training.......................................................44 </a>vi Acronyms and Abbreviations <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">BDC </li><li style="flex:1">-</li></ul>------------------------------ Business Development Company CAPA CARILED CARIRI CBOs CBTT CEO Crime and Problem Analysis Unit Caribbean Local Economic Development Project Caribbean Industrial Research Institute Community Based Organisations Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Chief Executive Officer CARICOM CSO Caribbean Community Central Statistical Office CSEC CSME ECA Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CARICOM Single Market and Economy Employers’ Consultative Association of Trinidad and Tobago <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Enterprise Development Division </li><li style="flex:1">EDD </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">EIF </li><li style="flex:1">Enterprise Investment Fund </li></ul>ETIIC GCE Entrepreneurial Training Institute and Incubation Centre General Certificate of Education GORTT HDC Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Housing Development Corporation <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">HDI </li><li style="flex:1">Human Development Index </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">HSC </li><li style="flex:1">Higher School Certificate </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">IBIS </li><li style="flex:1">National Integrated Business Incubation System </li></ul>Information and Communications Technology Innovation Financing Facility ICT IFF INHDI LABIDCO LAEP LARPDU LATT LED Inequality-adjusted National Human Development Index La Brea Industrial Development Company Local Area Economic Profile Local Area and Regional Planning and Development Unit Lake Asphalt Company of Trinidad and Tobago Local Economic Development LEDO(s) LEDU(s) Local Economic Development Officer(s) Local Economic Development Unit(s)

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