Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - A Researcher in International Relations and International Business with a Focus on Security and Political Risks & Economic and Strategic Risks Related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), International Trade and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, 26 July 2021

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher-Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional & Global Crises.

Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Trade Wars, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Risks in International Trade Agreements, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets, Risks of Global Warming in Host Countries

Strategic Risks:  Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration Risks in M&As, Risks of Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness versus Ethnocentrism, Labour Unions in M&As

Publications — Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory.

Trinidad and Tobago– Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

GDP per capita, PPP: $28,151.3

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $183.97 (Millions)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $114.12 (Millions)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $9,571.87 (Millions)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $7,929.94 (Millions)

Source: 2019, World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Investing in Trinidad and Tobago - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

FactSheetTrinidadandTobago_2021_new (unctad.org)

Trade Profile - Trinidad and Tobago - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Trinidad and Tobago - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Trinidad and Tobago | Data (worldbank.org)

Trinidad and Tobago and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Trinidad and Tobago - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Trinidad and Tobago country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Materials flow analysis in support of circular economy development: Plastics in Trinidad and Tobago - ScienceDirect

Kirznerian and Schumpeterian entrepreneurship in Trinidad and Tobago | Emerald Insight

A case study on combined cycle power plant integrated with solar energy in Trinidad and Tobago - ScienceDirect

Economies | Free Full-Text | Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Growth: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago (mdpi.com)

Impact of the Closure of a Large Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of ArcelorMittal in Trinidad and Tobago

Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Trade Facilitation and Non-Energy Exports of Trinidad and Tobago (mdpi.com)

Changes in the Terms of Trade and Sectoral Reallocation of Labor: The Case of Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago | SpringerLink

Export competitiveness in an oil and gas economy: the case of Trinidad and Tobago, 1985-2010 (cepal.org)

The Volatility of the International Price and the Trinidad and Tobago Export Price of Cocoa (umn.edu)

From Oil to Gas and Beyond: A Review of the Trinidad and Tobago Model and ... - Google Books

Are Oil and Gas Smothering the Private Sector in Trinidad and Tobago? (iadb.org)

Evaluation of an alkali-polymer flooding technique for enhanced oil recovery in Trinidad and Tobago | SpringerLink

The Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism and Enhanced Oil Recovery on the Economics of Carbon Capture and Geological Storage for Trinidad and Tobago - ScienceDirect

20 Years of Independent Oil and Gas Audits: The Trinidad and Tobago Story | SPE Trinidad and Tobago Section Energy Resources Conference | OnePetro

Estimation of gas emission and derived electrical power generation from landfills. Trinidad and Tobago as study case - ScienceDirect

Overview of natural gas sector developments in Trinidad and Tobago | Emerald Insight

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

The Displaced: When 40,000 desperate Venezuelans hit a tiny island - BBC News - YouTube

PM Rowley Objects To BBC Documentary On Venezuelan Migrants - YouTube

History and Important History Events

An Introduction to the History of Trinidad and Tobago - Bridget Brereton - Google Books

Other Issues

Weatherwatch: Trinidad and Tobago – one nation, two very different islands | Trinidad and Tobago | The Guardian

Exotic Castaways Of Trinidad | Wild Caribbean |BBC Earth - YouTube

Declared National Bird or equivalent

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus Ruber)