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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 ,...
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...
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... 
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...
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 -...
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... 
The above table reflects the change in fuel price effective May 22, 2017. 
The following reflects the changes in fuel prices as st April 10, 2017.
The following table shows the change in fuel prices effective March 20, 2017. 
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... 
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... 
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 
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... 
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... 
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Through technical assistance provided by IMF and SEMCAR the Government of Saint Lucia has continued to make strides in the revision of the Finance Act. A cross sectional task force comprising of key stakeholders from within the Ministry of... Recent Downloads
