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"Calypso, a traditional form of music in the Caribbean, began in Trinidad and Tobago as a subtle protest against British rule. The product of the cross-fertilization of African and European rhythms, melodies and song styles, the calypso (along with Jamaican reggae) defines the music of the region. Louis Regis examines the evolution of the political calypso from 1962 to 1987, the period of Trinidad/Tobago's independence from Britain, and presents the text of lyrics from this popular folk-urban musical form."--Jacket.

Calypso (Music) --- Music History & Criticism, National - Folk, Patriotic, Political --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Calypso (Songs, etc.) --- Popular music --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects. --- History and criticism --- Political aspects --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Torinidādo Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Tobago (Colony) --- Trinidad --- West Indies (Federation) --- History. --- Social conditions.

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Situated opposite the mouth of the Orinoco River, western Trinidad has long been considered an entrepôt to mainland South America. Trinidad's geographic position-seen as strategic by various imperial governments-led to many heterogeneous peoples from across the region and globe settling or being relocated there. The calm waters around the Gulf of Paria on the western fringes of Trinidad induced settlers to construct a harbour, Port of Spain, around which the modern capital has been formed. From its colonial roots into the postcolonial era, western Trinidad therefore has played an especial part in the shaping of the island's literature. Viewed from one perspective, western Trinidad might be deemed as narrating the heart of the modern state's national literature. Alternatively, the political threats posed around San Fernando in Trinidad's southwest in the 1930s and from within the capital in the 1970s present a different picture of western Trinidad-one in which the fractures of Trinidad and Tobago's projected nationalism are prevalent.

While sugar remains a dominant narrative in Caribbean literary studies, this book offers a unique literary perspective on matters too often perceived as the sole preserve of sociological, anthropological or geographical studies. The legacy of the oil industry and the development of the suburban commuter belt of East-West Corridor, therefore, form considerable discursive nodes, alongside other key Trinidadian sites, such as Woodford Square, colonial houses and the urban yards of Port of Spain. This study places works by well-known authors such as V. S. Naipaul and Samuel Selvon, alongside writing by Michel Maxwell Philip, Marcella Fanny Wilkins, E. L. Joseph, Earl Lovelace, Ismith Khan, Monique Roffey, Arthur Calder-Marshall, Zenga Longmore and the largely neglected novelist, Yseult Bridges, who is almost entirely forgotten today. Using fiction, calypso, history, memoir, legal accounts, poetry, essays and journalism, this study opens with an analysis of Trinidad's nineteenth century literature and offers twentieth century and more contemporary readings of the island in successive chapters. Chapters are roughly arranged in chronological order around particular sites and topoi, while literature from a variety of authors of British, Caribbean, Irish and Jewish descent is represented.

Trinidadian and Tobagonian literature (English) --- Geography and literature --- Ethnicity in literature. --- English literature --- Trinidad and Tobago literature (English) --- Trinidadian and Tobagonian literature --- Literature and geography --- Literature --- History and criticism. --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Torinidādo Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Tobago (Colony) --- Trinidad --- West Indies (Federation) --- History --- History. --- Trinidad and Tobago literature --- Trinidad, Literary Geography

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This Selected Issues paper analyzes medium-term fiscal sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. The paper focuses on the challenge of distributing the nonrenewable resource wealth across generations. Its recommendations are geared toward the goal of intergenerational distribution and therefore focus on the transformation of the natural resource wealth into other assets. The paper reviews the main aspects of the monetary transmission mechanism in Trinidad and Tobago, and also offers some suggestions to improve the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission.

Economic policy. --- International finance. --- International Monetary Fund. --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Economic conditions --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Torinidādo Tobago --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad y Tobago‏ --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad --- Tobago (Colony) --- West Indies (Federation) --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Banks and Banking --- Finance: General --- Macroeconomics --- Money and Monetary Policy --- Public Finance --- Energy: Demand and Supply --- Prices --- Fiscal Policy --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Monetary Policy --- Central Banks and Their Policies --- Portfolio Choice --- Investment Decisions --- Banking --- Energy industries & utilities --- Finance --- Monetary economics --- Public finance & taxation --- Oil prices --- Energy pricing --- Fiscal sustainability --- Monetary transmission mechanism --- Open market operations --- Energy prices --- Fiscal policy --- Monetary policy --- Central banks --- Expenditures, Public --- Banks and banking --- Liquidity --- Economics

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Drawing on extensive archival research and using a conflated theoretical framework, the author offers a portrait of Williams that shows how his experiences in Trinidad, England, and America radicalized him and how his relationships with other Caribbean intellectuals--along with Aimé Césaire in Martinique, Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic, George Lamming of Barbados, and Frantz Fanon from Martinique--enabled him to seize opportunities for social change and make a significant contribution to Caribbean epistemology.

Anti-imperialist movements --- Historians --- Intellectuals --- Prime ministers --- Anti-colonialism --- Antiimperialist movements --- Social movements --- Imperialism --- National liberation movements --- Historiographers --- Scholars --- Intelligentsia --- Persons --- Social classes --- Specialists --- Chancellors (Prime ministers) --- Chief ministers (Prime ministers) --- First ministers (Prime ministers) --- Premiers (Prime ministers) --- Cabinet officers --- Heads of state --- History --- Williams, Eric Eustace, --- Political and social views. --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Torinidādo Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Tobago (Colony) --- Trinidad --- West Indies (Federation) --- Intellectual life --- Politics and government --- Wei-lien-ssu, Ai-li-kʻo, --- Williams, Eric

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This 2011 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is turning the corner, and growth is expected to resume in 2012 after an extended slowdown lasting three years. Real economic activity is expected to increase by 1.7 percent in 2012 as the nonenergy sector picks up momentum with the acceleration of government investment. Executive Directors have welcomed the signs of economic recovery following a prolonged slowdown, and commended the authorities for implementing supportive policies, aided by ample buffers, which had helped maintain stability.

Economics --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Trinidad and Tobago --- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago --- República de Trinidad y Tobago --- Torinidaddo Tobago --- Torinidādo Tobago --- Trinidad & Tobago --- Trinidad ja Tobago --- Trinidad och Tobago --- Trinidad-Tobago --- Ṭrinidad ṿe-Ṭobago --- Trinidad y Tobago --- Trinité-et-Tobago --- טרינידד וטובגו --- トリニダッド・トバゴ --- トリニダード・トバゴ --- Tobago (Colony) --- Trinidad --- West Indies (Federation) --- Economic conditions. --- Banks and Banking --- Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- Data Transmission Systems --- Statistics --- Debt --- Debt Management --- Sovereign Debt --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Energy: Demand and Supply --- Prices --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures --- Other Public Investment and Capital Stock --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General --- Public Enterprises --- Public-Private Enterprises --- Public finance & taxation --- Banking --- Data capture & analysis --- Finance --- Econometrics & economic statistics --- Civil service & public sector --- Public debt --- Energy prices --- Capital spending --- Expenditure --- Public sector --- Economic sectors --- Debts, Public --- Capital investments --- Expenditures, Public --- Banks and banking --- Data transmission systems --- Finance, Public