St. Vincent and the Grenadines; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

Despite the impact of Hurricane Ivan, the economic activity of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has strengthened. Executive Directors welcomed the developments and the tax policy aimed to broaden the tax base and reduce concessions. They appreciated the home-grown Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper aimed for reducing poverty. They urged to strengthen financial sector supervision and advised to seek greater regional cooperation. They also emphasized the need to accelerate growth, structural reforms, and reduce poverty, while restoring fiscal and external viability and reducing the debt.

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Year of publication:	2006-06-09
Institutions:	International Monetary Fund (IMF) ; International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Article IV consultation reports \| Debt sustainability analysis \| Economic growth \| Economic indicators \| Fiscal management \| Poverty reduction \| St. Vincent and the Grenadines \| Staff Reports \| expenditure \| public sector debt \| public debt \| expenditures \| external debt \| current account \| debt sustainability \| debt service \| capital expenditure \| debt stock \| domestic debt \| government debt \| fiscal policy \| stock of debt \| central bank \| external public debt \| capital expenditures \| total expenditure \| debt ratio \| current account deficit \| current account balance \| balance of payments \| debt burden \| debt dynamics \| debt strategy \| debt servicing \| external financing \| private debt \| domestic financing \| domestic currency \| external debt sustainability \| recurrent expenditures \| external debt service \| expenditure items \| reserve assets \| short-term debt \| external borrowings \| currency board \| commercial debt \| public expenditure review \| public expenditure \| medium-term projections \| public borrowings \| domestic public debt \| public finance \| public sector expenditure \| total external debt \| expenditure survey \| private external debt \| budgeted expenditures \| repayments \| expenditure reduction \| external loans \| debt restructuring \| debt structure \| expenditure control \| debt management strategy \| total expenditures \| general resources account \| long-term debt \| debt problems \| consumption expenditure \| debt accumulation \| expenditure data \| debt sustainability analyses \| sector expenditure \| debt management

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IMF Staff Country Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series IMF Staff Country Reports Number 06/205 5 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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