The Underachieving Society: Development Strategy and Policy in Trinidad and Tobago, 1958-2008 - Paperbackby Terrence W. Farrell (Author) This work discusses the effectiveness of the sets of policies employed by the government over a fifty year period spanning 1958 to 2008 in the effort to foster the growth and development of the economy. It concludes that Trinidad and Tobago has underperformed in respect of its growth and development. Compared with other countries more or less similarly placed around 1960, Trinidad and Tobago has not achieved in key