4th Growth and Resilience Dialogue with Social Partners Presentation

Green Gold and Commodity Producing Era Period of unilateral trade concessions or preferential trade agreements. Major exports of the Windward Islands were bananas, cocoa, nutmeg and other spices, root crops, fruits and hot peppers. Preferential access to the EU market under the Lomé Convention was the driving force for the development of banana exports.

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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Establishment of the Lomé Convention

1975

1978 Dominica Independence

1979 Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines Independence

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Shift to service economies

Drive to diversify economies.

Treaty of Basseterre Antigua and Barbuda Independence

1981

PASSPORT

1983 The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement St Kitts and Nevis Independence

1984

World’s very first Citizenship by Investment Programme in St Kitts and Nevis

20 Modern ECCU

Source: Meade & Abraham (2020).