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IMF Country Report No. 19/14
ST. LUCIA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT—REPORT ON SUPPLY AND USE TABLES MISSION
January 2019
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St. Lucia
Report on Supply and Use Tables Mission
October 2018
(September 17–28, 2018)
Prepared by Zia Abbasi
Real Sector Statistics Advisor
The contents of this report constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the authorities of St. Lucia (the “TA recipient”) in response to their request for technical assistance. This report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to IMF Executive Directors and members of their staff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, and upon their request, to World Bank staff, and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, including members of the Steering Committee of CARTAC, unless the TA recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (see Operational Guidelines for the Dissemination of Technical Assistance Information). Publication or Disclosure of this report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof to parties outside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, World Bank staff, other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, including members of the Steering Committee of CARTAC, shall require the explicit consent of the TA recipient and the IMF’s Statistics Department.
Contents
Glossary
SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
PREREQUISITES, DATA SOURCES, AND COMPILATION
A. Strengthening Prerequisites, Staff Capacity and Other Resources
B. Compilation of the SUT Industry Estimates and the Additional Data Required
C. Compilation of the SUT Product Balances and the Additional Data Required
DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Officials Met During the Mission
TABLE
1. Priority Recommendations
Glossary
| 2008 SNA |
System of National Accounts 2008 |
| ANA Survey |
Annual National Accounts Survey |
| BOP |
Balance of payments |
| CARTAC |
Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre |
| CIF |
Cost, including insurance and freight |
| CIT |
Corporate income tax |
| COE |
Compensation of employees |
| CSO |
Central Statistics Office |
| ECCB |
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
| FCE |
Final consumption expenditure |
| FISIM |
Financial intermediation services indirectly measured |
| GDP-E |
Gross domestic product by expenditure |
| GDP-P |
Gross domestic product by economic activity |
| GFCF |
Gross fixed capital formation |
| GVA |
Gross value added |
| HES |
Household Expenditure Survey |
| HFCE |
Household final consumption expenditure |
| IC |
Intermediate consumption |
| I/O ratios |
IC to output ratios |
| IRD |
Inland Revenue Department |
| ISIC |
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| LFS |
Labor Force Survey |
| MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
| MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
| MOU |
Memorandum of understanding |
| NAS |
National Accounts Section |
| NIC |
National Insurance Corporation |
| NPISHs |
Non-profit institutions serving households |
| PPI |
Producer price indices |
| SDDS |
Special Data Dissemination Standard |
| SUT |
Supply and use tables |
| TA |
Technical assistance |
| TTMs |
Trade and transport margins |
| VAT |
Value added tax |
| XMPIs |
Exports and imports price indices |
| WHD |
Western Hemisphere Department of the IMF |
