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What is your current assessment of the economy in Cape Verde and what are your priorities in terms of development? Cape Verde is a small country of half a million, but we are in the West African Economic Community, with…
How do you feel after one year in office? What have been the challenges and the results? The main challenge is to stimulate rapid growth. Between 2009 and 2015 Cape Verde grew at a rate of 1%, insufficient to fix…
What does the country need at the moment in terms of development? We need more investment from foreign entities, both direct and private. We need more power at a local level and a more efficient public administration. We also need…
The government plans to diversify the economy away from the oil & gas sector. Do you think that Trinidad & Tobago’s framework is open enough for attracting FDI or do you see the need for reforms? From an architectural perspective,…
Do you think that Trinidad & Tobago’s framework is open enough for attracting FDI? In a nutshell the answer is yes. It’s not difficult to come into Trinidad. The country is ready to welcome investors. What is your view on…
What is your view on the health sector in Trinidad & Tobago? It’s going through a considerable amount of change now. It’s a health system that is under tremendous pressure and continuous change. I’ve seen considerable improvements in the time…
Do you think Trinidad’s framework is open enough to FDI or do you see the need for reform? In terms of how easy it is to do business in Trinidad, various studies have been done and certain areas were identified…
Do you think that Trinidad and Tobago’s framework is open enough for attracting those foreigners or do you see the need for reforms? I see need for significant reform. We have been an oil and gas economy for a long…
Do you think that Trinidad & Tobago’s framework is open enough to attracting foreigners or is there need for reform? We have a stable political environment; the government has invested substantial funds in the education system, which means we have…
What challenges does the country face today? Having oil wealth is a blessing and a curse. Because it has been so easy, a lot of systems and procedures haven’t been attended to because money would be coming in whether they…
