00775nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000100002200019245009000041260005600131300000900187520045000196583001900646  a03.02.01 C2773  aPantin, Dennis A.  aMeeting the short term social debt: the case of Trinidad and Tobago: background paper  bILO. PREALC Caribbean OfficeaPort of SpainTTc1991  a86p.  aStudies the social debt situation in Trinidad and Tobago within the conceptual and methodological framework of pioneering work of PREALC in this area. Details the build up of foreign indebtedness and the onset of 'external surveillance' by the IMF and World Bank and measures the impact of short term social debt on social groups in Trinidad and Tobago. Advances proposals for repayment of the social debt within an equitable adjustment process.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR