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|a St. Kitts and Nevis
|b 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report
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|a Washington, D.C.
|b International Monetary Fund
|c 2024
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|a 61 pages
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|a St. Kitts and Nevis
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|a Environmental Conservation and Protection
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|a Public debt
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|a Capital investments
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|a Energy
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|a Banks
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|a Finance
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|a Public finance & taxation
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|a Industries: Financial Services
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|a Debts, Public
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|a Climate change
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|a Environmental management
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|a Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
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|a Mortgages
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|a International organization
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|a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
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|a International institutions
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|a International Economics
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|a Current spending
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|a Econometrics & economic statistics
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|a International Agreements and Observance
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|a Depository Institutions
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|a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures
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|a International Organizations
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|a Monetary economics
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|a Financial institutions
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|a Environment
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|a International agencies
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|a Debt Management
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|a Micro Finance Institutions
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|a Debt
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|a Alternative Energy Sources
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|a Nonperforming loans
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|a Sovereign Debt
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|a Expenditure
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|a Renewable energy
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|a Loans
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|a Renewable energy sources
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|a Expenditures, Public
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|a Capital spending
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|a Monetary policy
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|a Statistics
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|a Public Finance
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|a Monetary Policy
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|a Money and Monetary Policy
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|a International Monetary Fund
|b Western Hemisphere Dept
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|a International Monetary Fund
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|a 10.5089/9798400274183.002
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|u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2024/126/002.2024.issue-126-en.xml?cid=549018-com-dsp-marc
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|a The 2024 Article IV Consultation with St. Kitts and Nevis discusses that despite a continued strong tourism performance, growth fell to 3.4 percent in 2023 due to delays in public and private sector investment projects. The economic outlook is positive thanks to the renewable energy projects that would significantly reshape the economy. A privately funded utility-scale solar and battery storage project is expected to be completed in 2025 and a geothermal project in Nevis is at the planning stage. Debt and cash management could be improved and the social security fund requires urgent reform. Maintaining a large amount of short-term debt can be costly, particularly when fiscal buffers are available. The 2023 external position is assessed to be weaker than the level implied by medium-term fundamentals and desirable policies. The current account deficit is projected to fall to over the medium term supported by lower fossil fuel imports. International reserves are adequate
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