Social Sector Investment Programme 2021

The Social Sector Investment Programme (SSIP) 2021 examines the social milieu of Trinidad and Tobago and highlights all progress made toward attaining social transformation and development. It also provides an overview of the national social context by examining existing and new social sector initiatives and the investments made by the key Social Sector Ministries and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) toward social development during the 2020 fiscal year. The major Social Sector Plans for the fiscal year 2021 are also outlined in the document.

This year’s SSIP 2021 is an abridged version comprising three (3) chapters only. This is due primarily to the removal of previous chapters on the International and Caribbean situations, with main focus being placed on the national position. Consequently, the document takes into consideration the peculiar circumstances attributed to the current global COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly impacted economies locally, regionally and internationally, as well as it provides a snapshot of the socio-economic events to take place nationally through post-COVID-19 lenses, as the Social Sector navigates its way on the road to economic recovery.

Source: Ministry of Social Development and Family Services

Date Published: 2020