01602cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010180 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451839913 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. St. Vincent and The Grenadines : Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (39 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 The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has launched an economic diversification program in the mid-1990s and strengthened measures to deal with the decline in the banana sector, which has been the economy's mainstay for several decades. Reflecting some success from these efforts, real gross domestic product growth-which has averaged 2 1\2 percent a year during 1993-97 with significant volatility-has surged to 5 percent a year during 1998-99. The last census in 1991 has estimated the unemployment rate at 19 percent. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/149 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2000/149/002.2000.issue-149-en.xml IMF e-Library