Education and training are important determinants of firm performance. Through a well-educated and trained workforce, firms have better access to information, expertise, and knowledge which can enhance their productivity and competitiveness. Firms with more educated owners or entrepreneurs also tend to perform better in terms of sales and profits and are more likely to have … [Read more...] about Are Employers in Trinidad and Tobago just ‘whining’, or is the ‘skills’ problem real?
Innovation & Change
The Caribbean Data Portal: Towards resolving the Caribbean’s data insufficiency
Analytical problems require data to develop insights. As development practitioners, scholars, policymakers, journalists, students, and all other stakeholders are acutely aware, the Caribbean region has suffered long from severe data inadequacies. In turn, this has led to weak results from interventions which are, in some extreme cases, based only on educated guesses. As … [Read more...] about The Caribbean Data Portal: Towards resolving the Caribbean’s data insufficiency
Time for the Silos to Dance – achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
I was attending a symposium in the Bahamas when I heard the following in one of the panels: “We need to teach the silos to dance together.” Clearly, the phrase hadn’t come out of the blue. And it immediately struck a chord with me. The meeting was focused on how the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While sitting in one … [Read more...] about Time for the Silos to Dance – achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
How can Trinidad and Tobago’s private sector become an innovative driver of growth?
The main revenue earner and driver of economic growth -the energy sector- has crashed. Trinidad and Tobago is increasingly looking towards other players in the economy -the private sector- to take on a greater role in stimulating an economic recovery by increasing investment and employment, and earning foreign exchange. The question is whether the private sector in its … [Read more...] about How can Trinidad and Tobago’s private sector become an innovative driver of growth?
How your Small Business can get a loan in 48 hours*
Sitting left to right: Peter Odle, Chairman of The Mango Bay Group, Eduardo Sierra, IDB Team Leader , and Ian Collymore, Project Coordinator, Central Bank of Barbados; Standing: Meryl Stoute, Team Leader of RBC's Business Banking and Ian Knight, IDB External Consultant RBC Royal Bank and First Citizens Bank are the first financial institutions to use the new and … [Read more...] about How your Small Business can get a loan in 48 hours*