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Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A. Recommendations-Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- ST. LUCIA'S CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND EXPECTED IMPACTS -- A. Impact of Climate Change Risks on the Macro-Framework/Long-Term Outlook -- GENERAL PREPAREDNESS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE -- A. The NDC and Other National Resilience-Building Strategies -- B. Disaster Planning and Other Contingency Plans -- CONTRIBUTION TO MITIGATION -- A. Clean Energy Plans -- B. Carbon Pricing -- C. Other Macro-Relevant Green Tax Possibilities -- D. Other Carbon-Pricing Strategies -- ADAPTATION PLANS -- A. Policy Framework and Sectoral Strategies -- B. Public Investment -- C. Sectoral Priorities -- D. Other Public Programs -- E. Financial Sector Preparedness -- FINANCING STRATEGY FOR MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PROGRAMS -- A. Current State of Financing -- B. Consistency of Climate Change Spending and Financing Plans with Fiscal and External Debt Sustainability -- C. Other Macro-Considerations -- D. Institutional Issues -- RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY -- A. Risk Assessment Procedures -- B. Self-Insurance and Risk Retention -- C. Risk Reduction and Transfer -- NATIONAL PROCESSES -- A. Integration of Climate Change into National Planning Processes -- B. Adequacy of the Public Investment Management System -- C. Adequacy of PFM Systems for Managing Climate Financing and Outlays -- TAKING STOCK: PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE MET -- BOXES -- 1. Priority Needs to Be Met -- 2. The Foundation for Carbon Taxation in St. Lucia -- 3. Macro-Modeling the Impact of Mitigation Policies -- 4. The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility -- 5. The Cat DDO -- FIGURES -- 1. Climate Change and Macroeconomic Performance -- 2. Articulation of St. Lucia's Climate Change Strategy -- 3. Fuel Prices Augmented by Carbon Taxes -- 4a. CO2 Reductions from Alternative Mitigation Policies.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK -- A. Context -- B. Current Trends -- C. Outlook and Risks -- POLICY DISCUSSIONS -- A. Attaining Fiscal Sustainability and Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Disasters -- B. Strengthening the Financial Sector -- C. Removing Structural Obstacles to Growth -- D. The Authorities' Position -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- FIGURES -- 1. Stronger Growth and External Balance on Account of Rising Tourism Inflows -- 2. Persistent Weaknesses in the Financial Sector -- 3. Baseline Passive and Adjustment Scenarios -- 4. External Competitiveness and Structural Weaknesses -- 5. Unemployment -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Social and Economic Indicators, 2014-2023 -- 2a. Central Government Operations, 2014-2023 (In millions of EC dollars) -- 2b. Central Government Operations, 2014-2023 (In percent of GDP) -- 3. Balance of Payments Summary, 2014-2023 -- 4. Monetary Survey, 2014-2018 -- 5. Banking System Summary Data, 2010-2017 -- 6. Selected Labor Market Indicators, 2010-2017 -- ANNEXES -- I. Implementation of Previous Staff Advice -- II. Risk Assessment Matrix -- III. External Sector Assessment -- IV. Debt Sustainability Analysis -- V. Sensitivity of Public Debt Profile to Changes in International Interest Rates -- VI. Policy Trade-Offs in Building Resilience to Natural Disasters -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX.

ST. PETERSBURG FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS For much too long, the St. Petersburg Festival of Festivals has lingered in the shadows of the all-mighty Moscow International Film Festival. This year, however, everything has changed for the better. Since 2003 marks the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, the year has been one long celebration of events and festivals on the Neva. According to some reports, the 11th St. Petersburg Festival of Festivals (23-29 June) under director Alexander Mamontov received as much government funding as did the Moscow International Film Festival (21-30 June) under president Nikita Mikhalkov. Still, it's hard to figure out just why, in this year of national celebration, the calendar dates of the two film festivals should unfortunately overlap each other. But this is Russia. The same arm-wrestling for calendar position forced the Sochi International and Open Russian Film Festivals (1-14 June).

AbstractIsolated in the south Atlantic, St Helena is now one of Britain's more intractable colonial responsibilities. In this paper a senior official with recent experience of the island describes three aspects of its situation which need to be handled in parallel; political advancement, the revival of economic enterprise and formulating an assured British aid policy together with clarification of links with Ascension Island and Britain. The analysis extends understanding of the difficulties of a remote microstate.

The College of St. Scholastica Bulletin is a catalog 48 pages in length published by the College which is conducted by the Sisters of Saint Benedict of Duluth, Minnesota, for young women and girls. The catalog explains the College's foundation and aim; location; communication; government; library; laboratories; museum; and general information on such aspects as admission, references, registration, class routine and scholastic requirements, and expenses. Courses listed include religion, philosophy, education, English, public speaking, Greek, Latin, French, German, mathematics, geography and geology, botany, chemistry, physics, home economics, and history. The conservatory of music included piano, vocal, violin, and organ departments. The catalog also includes information on the societies and sodalities.

Η διαδικασία αγιοποίησης (ένταξη του ονόματος ενός υποτιθέμενου «αγίου» στο Αγιολόγιο της Εκκλησίας και καθιέρωση της λατρείας του) κατά τη διάρκεια του Μεσαίωνα απασχολεί κατά κόρον τους σύγχρονους μελετητές της Μεσαιωνικής Ιστορίας. Εκτός από το ερώτημα «πώς οριζόταν η αγιότητα κατά τους Μέσους Χρόνους», ένας ακόμη λόγος που εντείνει την προσπάθεια των ειδικών να ρίξουν φως στο ζήτημα αυτό είναι οι πολιτικές-οικονομικές προεκτάσεις που ενίοτε λάμβαναν οι διαδικασίες αγιοποίησης, ιδιαίτερα μάλιστα σε μια εποχή που η δύναμη της Εκκλησίας ήταν ανυπέρβλητη. Το παρακάτω κείμενο φιλοδοξεί, μέσω της σύγκρισης της αγιοποίησης δύο πολύ δημοφιλών αγίων της Μεσαιωνικής Αγγλικής Εκκλησίας, να καταδείξει τα κριτήρια, τα κέρδη των ενδιαφερόμενων μερών, και την εξάρτηση της ανάδειξης κάποιου ως αγίου από τα πολιτικά συμφραζόμενα. ; Politics and Canonization: The Cases of St Edward the Confessor, and St Gilbert