摘要：The change in the economic fortunes of Trinidad and Tobago during the 1 atter half of the 1980's has led to a search for 'new' areas of economic activity to assist the country in its recovery process. This situation is not unique to Trinidad and Tobago and if one looks at our CARICOM neighbours, it is quite evident that reduced earnings from bauxite, sugar and tourism have forced various countries in the Region to diversify their economies. While Trinidad and To-bago continues to be a petroleum based economy, and will undoubtedly remain in this mould for a long time, it is now widely recognized that future development will be heavily dependent on economic activity in other sectors. Tourism, manufacturing, food and the agriculture sectors are now increas-ingly being viewed as the areas which can partly address two of the major problems facing this country and indeed the entire Region:(i) a high level of unemployment.(ii) the need to earn foreign exchange to redress existing balance of payments problems.
