Programmes

Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan for the Rehabilitation of Sidewalks on Bridge Street, Castries – Saint Lucia
Bridge Street is among one of many key streets in the city of Castries, and can be described as bearing significant history, having hosted for over 6 decades, the General Post Office (GPO), in addition to three of Saint Lucia’s indigenous Banks,...

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Estimates of Revenue & Expenditure 2020-2021
The 2020/21 Budget Estimates fulfills the government's obligation pursuant to the Finance Act Cap. 15.01 to submit annual estimates of revenue and expenditure for approval by Parliament. It provides details of the annual spending plans ,...

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Government to formally Launch the MTDS Castries, Saint Lucia - (12th February 2020)
The Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) 2020 - 2023 will officially be launched by the Department of Economic Development, Transport and Civil Aviation on Thursday February 27, 2020 at the Finance Administrative Center, Pointe Seraphine. The...

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St. Lucia to Benefit from the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has collaborated with the World Bank to formulate a program with will lead to the digital transformation of the Eastern Caribbean. The ECCB is a strong advocate for a vibrant digital economy within the Eastern...

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NISMOD - the future of evidence based infrastructural planning
Infrastructural planning on island will now have an increased focus on evidence based decision making, thanks to a pioneering software called NISMOD, the National Infrastructural Systems Model. This infrastructural planning tool is a result of a...

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Finance Administrative Centre Conference Facility Rates
PUBLIC NOTICE The Department of Finance informs of increased rates for use of the Conference Facility at the Finance Administrative Centre as follows:   1/4 Room Basic Rate - $350.00With video conferencing - $550.00  1/2 Room Basic Rate -...

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Estimates of Revenue & Expenditure 2019-2020
The 2019-2020 Budget Estimates represents the financial plan for the fiscal year and provides an overview of the revenue projections, expenditure intentions and service delivery commitments of all of ministries and departments. It is underpinned...

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Fuel Price Adjustments Effective Monday, May 22, 2017
The above table reflects the change in fuel price effective May 22, 2017.

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Changes in Fuel Prices as At April 10,2017
The following reflects the changes in fuel prices as st April 10, 2017.  

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Fuel Price Adjustment Effective Monday March 20, 2017
The following table shows the change in fuel prices effective March 20, 2017.

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An Investigation of the Determinants of Tourism Demand to Saint Lucia
Tourism is the largest source of foreign exchange to Saint Lucia and has a substantial direct and indirect impact on economic activity. Consequently, identifying what drives the demand for the Saint Lucian product is crucial in assessing future...

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World Consumer Rights Day - Fun Walk
The Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs will on March 15, 2017 join with consumer organizations across the world to celebrate World Consumer Rights...

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Fuel Price Adjustments Effective Monday February 27th, 2017
The document stipulates the approved changes to the prices of all petroleum products by the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. The new price change is scheduled to take effect on Monday, February 27th, 2017

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Government of Saint Lucia Strengthens its Approach to Budgeting
  The Government of Saint Lucia hosted a two-day financial workshop for over sixty (60) officers involved in the budget preparation. The workshop which was held from February 14-15 and conducted by Ernst and Young (Caribbean) was a follow up to a...

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Meet Dr. Ubaldus Raymond
Dr. Ubaldus Raymond is a highly qualified and skilled Economist with international experience in a number of public sector posts. He is currently the Minister in the Ministry of Finance in the Government of Saint Lucia. He held Senior Economist...

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Explaining the Housing Defecit in Saint Lucia
Introduction   Housing is considered one of the most basic human rights and an essential component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Meen (2005) asserts that housing is the largest component of personal wealth and has a significant...

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Saint Lucia - The Cyclically Adjusted Balance
This paper analyses fiscal policy in Saint Lucia using the cyclically-adjusted fiscal balances (CAB). The cyclically-adjusted fiscal balance corrects for the effects of the business cycle and temporary fluctuations in revenue and expenditure and...

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Fiscal Space Social Protection Floor
  This report explores the fiscal space that is available for the Government of Saint Lucia to finance social protection programmes. Subsequently, this fiscal space - in so far as available - will be translated into a proposal for a minimum SPF...

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Budget Analysis Investment in Children in Saint Lucia
Article 4 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides for the obligation of States to invest the appropriate resources for guaranteeing that all the rights safeguarded by the convention are fulfilled to the maximum extent of the...

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Mapping of Child Well-being in Saint Lucia
This report presents the results of an assessment of child well-being and deprivations in Saint Lucia. Following a comprehensive literature review on human development and child rights, a multi-dimensional measure of child well being for Saint...

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