{"id":238451,"date":"2025-05-26T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=238451"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:40:10","slug":"oped-the-uwi-five-islands-campus-oecs-budget-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/oped-the-uwi-five-islands-campus-oecs-budget-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"OPED: The UWI Five Islands Campus OECS Budget Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tracking the Numbers. Unpacking the Priorities. Spotlighting the Future.<\/strong>
By Professor C. Justin Robinson<\/strong>
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UWI Five Islands Campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Eastern Caribbean, budgets are more than balance sheets\u2014they are roadmaps of resilience, declarations of intent, and reflections of political will. <\/p>

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As each government across the OECS has tabled its 2025 national budget, several questions loom large: Who is getting it right? Who is fuelling real growth? Who is taming inflation? Who is borrowing too much\u2014or investing too little? And what do these choices mean for the region\u2019s future?<\/p>

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This five-part Budget Watch series\u2014curated by the UWI Five Islands Campus\u2014dives into the economic and fiscal narratives unfolding across six member states: Antigua and Barbuda<\/a><\/strong>, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on official 2025 budget estimates, 2024 fiscal outcomes, and IMF reviews, these articles combine hopefully rigorous analysis with plainspoken insight. <\/p>

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Whether you are a policymaker, a business leader, a student, or a concerned citizen, this series is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is what we unpack:<\/p>

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