This paper contributes to the predominant diversification debate that has been ongoing in Trinidad and Tobago for more … than three decades. The paper makes a determination of the key impediments to the country's attempts at diversification …. Econometric techniques are applied on panel data to identify the most significant obstacles to economic diversification for a set …

account balance. Economic diversification is viewed as means of avoiding the resource curse problems by fostering long term … economic growth. This study therefore reviews the trends and dynamics in economic diversification in oil producing countries … strategies aimed diversification. The agricultural and manufacturing sectors continues to perform poorly due to bottlenecks such …