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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.