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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 6: SOCIAL SECTOR PLANS FOR 2014
This sectionprovides anoverviewof the strategic
initiatives of the social sector for fiscal 2014. The
proposed activities are outlined in the following
sections under each social sector Ministry. The
new programmes and initiatives planned for
fiscal 2014 and the legislative agendas for the
various Ministries are outlined.
Investment
in
social
infrastructure,
programming and other social initiatives in fiscal
2014 will amount to TT$ 11.4 billion dollars. This
represents a decrease of approximately 2%
from the previous year.
Under recurrent expenditure, the sum of
approximately TT$8 billion dollars has been
allocated towards programmes and projects,
policy development, research and institutional
initiatives, an increase of approximately 2% as
compared to fiscal year 2013 (see Table 6.I). In
terms of the social infrastructure, the overall
investment reflects an increase from fiscal 2013
by 92.5 %
CHAPTER 6:
SOCIAL SECTOR PLANS FOR 2014
Table 6.I:
Comparison of Budgeted Allocations for Social Infrastructure & Programming – 2013-2014
SECTOR COMPONENT
BUDGETED ALLOCATION 2013
BUDGETED ALLOCATION 2014
Social Infrastructure
3311782,000.00
3395467,000.00
Development Programme
1140782,000.00
1347302,000.00
Infrastructure Development Fund
2171000,000.00
2048165,000.00
Social Programming
7834008,994.00
7,964,223,821.00
TOTALALLOCATION
11145790,994.00
11,359,690,821.00
6.1 MINISTRY OF THE
PEOPLE AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
The Ministry of the People and Social
Development (MPSD)will continue to implement
its initiatives under the following headings during
2014:
1. Poverty Reduction
2. Social Integration
3. Social Research And Policy, and
4. Improvement in the Social Service Delivery
System
1. P
OVERTY
R
EDUCTION
The following initiativeswouldbe themajor focus
of the MPSD in the area of poverty reduction, for
the fiscal year 2013-2014:
• Development
of
a
National
Poverty
Reduction Strategy to guide the formulation
and implementation of poverty reduction
programmes. This would increase social
sector efficiency by articulating clear roles
for stakeholders and providing time-bound
targetsnecessary for transparentmonitoring
and evaluation;
• Conduct of the Survey of Living Conditions
(2013), which measures the incidence of
poverty in the country;
