Every Caribbean startup ecosystem falls in the lowest level of the Start Up development ladder. Commissioned by IDB Lab and the European Union and produced by Startup Genome for the CaribEquity Innovation assessment report — Caribbean countries sit in the Activation Phase: the lowest rung of a four-stage development ladder. All 15 territories. None has reached Early Activation. None is approaching Globalization.

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 T&T's 2026 IMF Article IV report looks fine in the headlines. 

It is not fine in the footnotes. Here is what the data actually says — and what it means for your next decision. 

THE NUMBER THAT FRAMES EVERYTHING−33% 

Natural gas production decline in Trinidad & Tobago since 2015. From 4.3 bcf/day to 2.5 bcf/day in 2024. 

Still falling.

THE DIAGNOSIS

Growth at 0.8%. For the second consecutive year. That is not a recovery trajectory. That is a flatline.The IMF's 2026 Article IV Consultation for Trinidad and Tobago was published on May 18th. The government described it as "renewed international confidence." The Express editorial described it more plainly: "much more restrained." Both are correct. What the IMF says in diplomatic language, and what the data shows plainly, are two different readings of the same document. This brief is the second one. 

Read the full intelligence brief in Numbers & Narratives: linkedin.com/pulse/imf-said-quiet-part-out-loud-tishana-simon-f7mtc 

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