The energy sector is a dominant one in Trinidad and Tobago and it plays an important role in the twin-island republic‟s economy. In 2008, the share of the energy sector in gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to approximately 48% while contributing 57% to total Government revenue. In that same year, the sector‟s share of merchandise exports was 88%, made up mainly of refined oil products including petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids (Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, 2009).
Trinidad and Tobago is the main exporter of oil in the Caribbean region and the main prod…
The agricultural sector‟s contribution to GDP and to exports in Jamaica has been declining with the post-war development process that has led to the differentiation of the economy. In 2010, the sector contributed 5.8% of GDP, and 3% to the exports (of goods), but with 36% of employment, it continues to be a major employer. With a little less than half of the population living in rural communities, agricultural activities, and their linkages with other economic activities, continue to play an important role as a source of livelihoods, and by extension, the economic development of the country.
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Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro events are expected to challenge plant and animal viability. Under such circumstances, vector control is expected to become more difficult, which may further prejudice the prosperity of plant, livestock and fisheries growth. The impact is expected to be on the quality of agricultural produce and ther…
The economic impact of climate change on root crop, fisheries and vegetable production for Trinidad and Tobago under the A2 and B2 scenarios were modeled, relative to a baseline ―no climate change‖ case, where the mean temperature and rainfall for a base period of 1980 – 2000 was assumed for the years up to 2050. Production functions were used, using ARMA specifications to correct for serial autocorrelation. For the A2 scenarios, rainfall is expected to fall by approximately 10% relative to the baseline case in the 2020s, but is expected to rise thereafter, until by the 2040s rainfall rises sl…
Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the clima…
Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the climate change…
This research paper assesses the likely economic impact of climate change on the health sector in Trinidad and Tobago. The analysis, however, was limited to the economic impact of only a few climate-related diseases1 for which data were available. The approach utilized in this paper makes for easy extrapolation once the data on the other climate-related illnesses become available so that a full impact assessment can be carried out.…
Climate change is considered to be the most pervasive and truly global of all issues affecting humanity. It poses a serious threat to the environment, as well as to economies and societies. Whilst it is clear that the impacts of climate change are varied, scientists have agreed that its effects will not be evenly distributed and that developing countries and small island developing States (SIDS) will be the first and hardest hit. Small island developing States, many of whom have fewer resources to adapt socially, technologically and financially to climate change, are considered to be the most …
Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated climate change. It is widely accepted that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities such as industries have contributed significantly to the increase in global temperatures.
The existence and survival of all living organisms is predicated on the ability of the environment in which they live not o…
En este documento se presentan los cuadros regionales y nacionales con datos estadísticos de la industria eléctrica en los países de Centroamérica, actualizados a 2010. Contiene información sobre la capacidad instalada, la producción y la demanda en cada uno de los países y por tecnología, así como de los mercados mayoristas y regulados de electricidad. Además, en esta edición se han incluido los cuadros y los gráficos de precios finales de la electricidad para los principales grupos de consumidores.En la sección de hechos relevantes se describen las principales inversiones realizadas en la su…
La producción de estadísticas oficiales es una actividad que demanda responsabilidad y compromiso por parte de los organismos encargados; de esta forma, la credibilidad en las estadísticas y, por ende, en las oficinas nacionales de estadística y demás miembros del sistema estadístico nacional se convierte en un activo fundamental, en la medida en que permite el diseño, la formulación, el seguimiento y la evaluación de planes y programas gubernamentales.Dicha credibilidad es un valor que se afianza con el tiempo, mediante la generación de estadísticas de calidad que cumplen con es…
During the Regional Seminar on the Exchange of Experiences on Classifications and Nomenclatures held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); in December 2010, a proposal was put forward to create a working group on international classifications within the framework of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. The Commission would act as the technical secretariat of the new working group.The Statistics and Economic Projections Division of ECLAC prepared the terms of reference of the proposed working group, in conjunction with the in…
Presentación: Durante el Seminario regional de intercambio de experiencias en materia de clasificadores y nomenclaturas , realizado en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL); en diciembre de 2010, se propuso la creación de un grupo de trabajo sobre clasificaciones internacionales en el marco de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA); de la CEPAL, cuya secretaría técnica estaría a cargo de esta Comisión.La División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la CEPAL preparó los términos de referencia de dicho grupo de trabajo conju…