PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked 81 out of 142 countries in the 2013 Global Innovation Index for the second consecutive year, a statement on the Index’s official website has said.
The country trailed 34 spots behind regional leader Barbados, ranked 47. Guyana was three spots higher at 78; and Jamaica was one spot after at 82.
The Global Innovation Index 2013 (GII), in its sixth edition this year, is co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), a specialised agency of the United Nations.