01644cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005419 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451823271 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. St. Lucia : 2008 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report; Staff Supplement, and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (66 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students St. Lucia's 2008 Article IV Consultation underlies that progress has been made in reducing fiscal imbalances, yet public debt and debt servicing payments continue to rise. Tourism accounts for more than three-fourths of exports, and the import content of both consumption and foreign direct investment is high. Although the share of value added from the traditionally dominant agriculture sector has declined sharply in recent decades, crop exports support the incomes of much of the country's large rural population. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/329 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/329/002.2008.issue-329-en.xml IMF e-Library