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Trinidad and Tobago’s Response
to Impacting Global Events
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Global Economic Crisis (2007-present) preceded by the
Global Food Crisis (2006-2008) negatively impacted on
the ability of countries to provide effective social protection
programmes to vulnerable populations.
These events may retard the steady progress achieved in
reducing global poverty in line with the MDGs, which set
specific targets to halve world poverty by 2015.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago remains
committed to realising its vision of achieving sustainable
human & social development.
Ongoing social programmes have been streamlined and
prioritized in order to ensure efficiency in the delivery of
social services.
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T&T Framework for Sustainable
Development & MDGs
Pillar 1:
People-Centred
Development
Pillar 2:
Poverty
Eradication &
Social Justice
Pillar 5:
A More Diversified,
Knowledge
Intensive Economy
MDG Goal 1:
Eradicate Extreme
Hunger & Poverty
Target 1 A: Halve the
proportion of people
living in poverty by
2015
Pillar 3:
National &
Personal
Security
Pillar 6:
Good
Governance
Pillar 4:
Information &
Communication
Technologies
Pillar 7:
Foreign Policy
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
National Strategic Plan
Pillar II: Poverty
Eradication and Social
Justice- Preference for the
Poor and Disadvantaged
To reduce the number of
people classified as poor
by 2% each year
MPSD
Corporate
Objective 1:
To reduce the
incidence of
poverty in society
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Poverty Statistics in T&T
Population
(1,262,366)
Living above
poverty line
(1,051,551)
Non-Poor
(937,939)
Vulnerable
(113,612)
Living below
poverty line
(210,815)
Poor
(195,667)
Indigent
(15,148)
Level of Poverty and TT$ Per Month
Vulnerability lines
Indigence line
$255.00
TT$ Per Annum
3,060.00
Revised Poverty
Line 2009/2010
479.75
Poverty Line
$665.00
7,980.00
1247.34
Vulnerability Line
$831.25
9,975.00
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Social Sector Investment & Unemployment Statistics
The steady decline in unemployment over the past decade
from 12.2% (2000) to 5.0% (2009) is testimony to the
availability of social intervention programmes that provide
sustainable employment opportunities and training targeted
at the most vulnerable in society.
Year
Unemployment
Rate
2000
12.17
2001
10.83
2002
10.4
2003
10.47
2004
8.37
2005
7.97
2006
6.22
2007
5.6
2008
4.6
2009
5.0*
Allocations to the social sector have
ranged from TT$7 billion (9.8% of GDP)
in 2004 to TT$15 billion (16.1% of GDP)
in 2008.
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Government Ministries involved in Poverty Reduction
Ministry of Social Development
Social Welfare; TCCTP; PRP
Community
Development
CDF
Women in Harmony
Export Centres
Education
School Nutrition
Programme
School Transport
Agriculture, Land &
Marine
Resources
YAPA
Health
Public Utilities
Hardship Relief
Programme
NSDP
Planning Housing & the
Environment
Squatter
Regularization
Accelerated Housing
Programme
Local
Government
CEPEP
Science,
Technology &
Tertiary Education
MuST
Retraining
Programme
C-DAP
Financial Aid to
Necessitous
Parents
Works and
Transport
URP
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Areas of Social Programming in T&T
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Food Security & Income Generation
 Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (TCCTP) & STEP-UP
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Micro-credit & Entrepreneurship
 Micro-Enterprise Loan (MEL)
 Micro-Enterprise Grant (MEG)
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Employment-related training
 Women (Women in Harmony, Non-traditional Skills Training Programme)
 Youths (YTEPP, HYPE, YES, CCC, OJT)
 General (MUST, Retraining Programme)
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Social Welfare
 Old Age Pension
 Disability Assistance Grant
 Public Assistance Grant
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Poverty Reduction Programme
 Regional Social & Human Development Councils (RSHDCs)
 Community-based Tele-centres)
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Food Security & Income Generation
Trageted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme
Programme Logic
Exposure of family
members to Skills
Training in areas
required by the market
Participation
of families
living in
Poverty in the
TCCT
Programme
Exposure of the family
members to Life Skills
Development Sessions
Direct Psycho-social
support based on
Family Casework
Short term cash
transfer/access to
other grants
Overall
Goal
Increased
Income earning
capacity of the
family
Reduction in
psychosocial
barriers to
development of
family members
Transformation
of families
living in
Poverty into
self-sustaining
entities with
improved
quality of life
for all
members-strong
families
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Social Empowerment & Transformation
Programme-Uplifting People
Client
Assessment
Eligibility
Family Worker
and client will
begin to examine
the key areas
of family life and
construct the
STEPS to a
higher
standard of
living.
Minimum
conditions
established.
Social
Protection
Programmes
Developmental
Programmes
FIN
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Employment
Opportunities
Minimum
Conditions
Achieved
Graduation
Life Skills
STEP-UP
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