Economist and Tobagonian Dr. Anthony Birchwood offers his perspective on the Tobago House of Assembly elections, following the Tobago People’s Party’s clean sweep of all 15 seats.
In this discussion, Dr. Birchwood analyses what the result signals about the mood and expectations of Tobagonians, the longstanding challenges to Tobago’s economic development, and the limits of the THA’s authority.
He also explores the need for economic diversification beyond tourism and outlines priority actions the new administration should take to drive meaningful economic transformation.