St. Lucia: 2017 Article IV Consultation - Press Release and Staff Report (IMF Country Report No. 17/76)

IMF 2017 Article IV staff report on St. Lucia (75 pp.). CIP content: Box 3 (p. 18) on the programme's first year (6 real estate approvals, 14 donation applications for US$1.4 million, 5 bond approvals for US$2.7 million), the 2016/17 rule changes (donation cut from US$200,000 to US$100,000, US$50,000 bond admin fee, 500 cap and US$3 million affidavit removed, US$300,000 real estate and US$1 million enterprise minimums) and the authorities' 2017/18 expectations (US$9 million donations, 80% to government, 36 real estate applications); Table 2a/2b (pp. 32-33) CIP revenue line 2013-2022 in EC$ million and % of GDP; paras 18 and 37 (risks, sovereign wealth fund plan, no numbers). The 80% transfer rule is already in events from the 2017 regulations and is not added again; the rule changes of January 2017 are already events. Rest of the report (macro, banking, debt sustainability) is out of scope. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).