St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation

December 20, 1999

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed December 12, 2024

Summary

This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that during 1990–98, St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ real annual GDP growth and inflation averaged 4 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Tourism’s importance to the economy grew, and agriculture’s fell, with other sectors’ contributions remaining relatively stable. In 1999, real GDP growth and inflation are expected to slow to about 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively. The overall public sector surplus is expected to increase slightly about 1 percent of GDP.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Economic sectors, Exports, External debt, International trade, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Ability to pay, Ability to pay., Agricultural commodities, Authorities plan, Caribbean, CR, ECCB supervise, Economy, Exports, Global, Globalized economy, Government, ISCR, Island economy, Production pattern, Public sector, Vincentian authority

Publication Details

Pages:

38
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1999/141
Stock No:

1VCTEA0011999
ISBN:

9781451839906
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 99/108--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a Statement by Mr. Thomas A. Bernes, Executive Director, on November 10, 1999.

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