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Improper Land Allocation Harms Trinidad & Tobago's Public Interest

Categories: Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago, Citizen Media, Development, Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Environment, Governance, Law, Politics

Property ownership is a critical ingredient of the society we are trying to build. No one can deny that. The wealthiest people and companies in this society have made a great part of their wealth through property dealings – buying, leasing, sub-dividing, selling, renovating and so on….property is critical to amassing and holding wealth.

With the state being “the single largest owner of all classes of property” in Trinidad and Tobago, blogger Afra Raymond [1] is interested in how public property is allocated, noting that because of its value, all dealings involving state lands must be transparent.