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Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY (2012‐2016) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FEDERATION OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY (2012-2016) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Contents Economic Development ............................................................................................................ i Social Challenges .................................................................................................................... iii The Strategy ........................................................................................................................... iv Implementation ..................................................................................................................... vii Priority One: Reformed Macroeconomic Framework in Support of Poverty Reduction ........... vii Priority Two: Accelerated Economic Growth and Wealth Creation ......................................... vii Priority Three: Community Empowerment, Crime Reduction and Security Management ...... viii Priority Four: Strengthened Social Safety Net Systems .......................................................... viii Priority Five: Risk Reduction and Social Protection ................................................................ viii Executive Summary The Saint Kitts and Nevis National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS) outlines the macro‐ economic and social policies and programmes that will be pursued over the next five years (2011 – 2015) to promote transformation, reduce poverty and improve living conditions for the population generally.
The strategy has to be seen in the context of the commitment that the country has made in respect of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The NPRS seeks also to be a framework within which the Government, development partners and other stakeholders within the country (civil society, the private sector, local authorities), can collaborate tangibly, in reducing poverty.
On the basis of a number of development indicators, the country has performed well as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) following its march to self‐government and then to full political independence in the 1980s.

What was essentially the archetypical plantation economy of the colonial period has been transformed, such that it could score at the high middle level on the Human Development Index (HDI).
Two Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) exercises have been conducted; one at the end of the decade of the 1990s and the second in 2008.

The first established that there was relatively high poverty in spite of the good record of the country in terms of per capita GDP growth.

The second study shows that poverty levels fell, and, if the indigence is any guide, serious poverty has been drastically cut.

Economic Development The economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis, as a SIDS, is export‐propelled.
This means that the growth in GDP and thus in a number of key macro‐economic indicators depends heavily on the nature of the engagement of the country with the rest of the world.

In the colonial phase, that link was through the export of mainly of one primary industry, sugar‐cane and sugar production.

As the resident population secured representative governance in the post‐World War II period, attention was directed at diversification of this small country.
By the 1980s, Saint Kitts had created the outline of new export industries by way of export‐oriented light manufacturing, financial services and resort tourism.

While the sugar industry remained an important sector, it showed all the signs of decline and lack of competitiveness.
National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | i The light manufacturing sector benefitted from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) of the United States (US) Government which was a preferential agreement under which Saint Kitts and Nevis could secure expanded employment and foreign exchange earnings from its manufactured exports.
The emerging tourism sector benefitted from the growth in household income and in the improved distribution in the countries of the North Atlantic, with large numbers achieving incomes affording them holidays in the sun, sea and sand of the Caribbean.

Saint Kitts and Nevis have the physical amenities that allowed the country to participate in this industry which was one of the most income elastic in the second half of the 20th century.
The country, with Nevis very much in the vanguard, entered the offshore financial services business and was able to create a niche for itself.

The sector, while not contributing to the growth of employment, has been a major source of revenue to the Government.
The three sectors made a major contribution to the country and ensured that in its participation in the international economy, it secured enough to raise itself from being a poor primary producer to a better‐off country surely in the Eastern Caribbean.
Thus, while in the 19th century most persons who were upward mobile needed to migrate in search of better income and even for basic employment, by the end of the 20th century, Saint Kitts and Nevis had become a destination to people seeking a better place in the Caribbean sun.

It had ceased to be solely a ‘sending’ country.

Over the last two decades, the country has experienced some reverses, however.
The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) challenged offshore financial centres for allegedly harbouring tax evaders and those seeking to hide ill‐gotten gains.

Saint Kitts and Nevis has had to upgrade its regulatory regime to avoid being black‐listed and invoking sanctions as an uncooperative country.

Thus, the offshore financial services are not expected to show the level of expansion that was experienced in the early years.
light manufacturing sector also experienced difficulty with some parts becoming The uncompetitive.

When the US and Canada embraced Mexico in the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), the manufacturing sector of Saint Kitts came into direct competition with the maquiladora plants especially in the north of Mexico.
These latter could deliver almost in real time to any state in the US far more cheaply than all of the Caribbean States, and then against the backdrop of a relatively vast reservoir of cheap labour in Mexico.

There was loss of employment as a result in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The Tourism Sector has had problems as well.

Not only are there new players in the market, but there have been the severe weather episodes that have damaged the infrastructure, and hotels.
Another moment of reverse was the terrorism event of September 11, 2001, which resulted in a marked drop in arrivals.

To this one must add the health scares like bird flu and swine flu, as well as the shift taking place in the industry with the growth of cruise tourism which involves much lower spend per visitor.
The country has had to terminate sugar production as the State‐owned operation became a massive burden on the fisc, adding to a ballooning debt that placed the country among the most indebted category in international terms.

The closing of the industry has been a challenge.

While it might appear that overall agricultural output has not been unduly affected, there have been major impacts.
The adjustment process has been supported by plans and programmes, but National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | ii there have been problems of implementation.

Large tracts of land have remained idle and the communities that depended on the industry have not accommodated fully to alternative types of agricultural production.
The analysis conducted for the NPRS suggests that the country has to deal not only with trade adjustment issues relating to the post‐sugar dispensation, but with the radical reorganisation of its industry, and diversification into new industries given the emerging shape of the global economy from which, in the final analysis, it derives its motive force, depending on the nature of the links it enjoys.
It is recognised that much depends on the quality of its human resources in determining its capacity to transform.

However, although there has been substantial investment in education, with primary and secondary education in universal provision for decades, the country does not have a labour forced that is well equipped to participate in the knowledge economy of the 21st century.

Another deficiency in its system is the lack of entrepreneurship and thus a dearth of domestic entrepreneurs.
At the base of this is the social psyche of most people in the society.

After generations of people being steeped in the patterns created by the plantation, the idea of setting up one’s business and being able to create a possibility in the national space remains a remote notion and not very appealing, relative to paid employment created by others, including the state.

Social Challenges At the social level, the country faces a number of challenges.
There has been a decline in personal security with the escalation in crime and violence.

There has been a rise in the presence of gangs most of which are involved in the narcotics trade: these are patterned after the Bloods and Cryps in the US, and are distinguished by the colours they use.

The gangs have extended their reach into secondary schools and there have been cases of student arrests for weapons and drugs, let alone violent fights in and between schools.

Violence in schools is now a reality.


The upsurge in violence and the decline in personal security have made it necessary for the government to increase its expenditure on avoidance costs, especially to protect the vital tourism sector.

A correlated factor with the crime and violence is the matter of community breakdown.

There are tell‐tale signs of social anomie and dysfunctionality among some communities which do not bode well for the development of social capital.
There is also the problem of gender disparities in the work‐place, in access to opportunity, and in a number of other areas, where the lack of a gender lens leads to differential needs of women and girls, men and boys, being ignored.

Child abuse is another worrying problem, with the abuse of girls by adult men not invoking the statutory sanctions.
The last CPA shows that there is a high prevalence of adolescent National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | iii pregnancies and a large percentage of women would have had their first child in their teenage years, and not as a result of a firmly established union.
There is also a rise in the incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and with the weakening of donor support, the country could face a challenge with limited capacity to respond, given its fiscal constraints.
There is also the vulnerability of the country as a SIDS, given the undeniable facts of global climate change which has brought more ferocious and more frequent hurricanes and the risk of sea rise and coastal erosion in a country that has large tracts of land that are low‐lying.
This is the economic social environment in which the country is seeking to mount an attack on poverty, in the wake in one of the severest economic recessions that the international economy has witnessed since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The Strategy The Strategy for poverty reduction takes the above into account.
For Saint Kitts and Nevis, a pro‐ poor poverty reduction strategy will embrace, in simple terms, the following elements: o An increase in the size of the pie, with accelerated growth, based on the reorientation of existing industry for international competitiveness and the establishment of new industry, geared to allow the country to earn its keep in a radically transformed global market place o Redistribution to ensure that the poor secure a larger share of the growing pie, and with o a gendered lens guiding all interventions improved security of the individual, through the reduction in crime, and improved social capital through community integration o Wide access to education and training, and the inculcation of a commitment to lifelong education and self‐upgrading o Reduced vulnerability of individuals and communities to the environmental challenges, and susceptibility of the population and more so the poor, to economic shocks.
The strategy is set by a Vision of the society of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which seeks to reduce and eliminate poverty, by improving the life chances for members of society, with equitable participation of all, and with the provision for those whose circumstances dictate that that society intervenes to guarantee them some basic provision that ensures the necessities of a decent existence.

There are a number of working principles, underpinning the strategy, namely: 1.
Since poverty reduction is fundamentally about the generation and distribution of income and resources, tangible and intangible, the productive system has to be at centre stage in any initiative to achieve sustained poverty reduction.

National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | iv 2.
As a SIDS in an international economy undergoing massive change, Saint Kitts and Nevis has to undertake a major paradigm shift to recover some level of viability in its engagement in an international economy, in which the dominant economies to which Saint Kitts and Nevis is hitched, are on the decline.

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The condition of the poor can be more effectively addressed, where they can be equipped for a successful participation in the production of goods and services, which can be part of the exports of the country.

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While transfers can alleviate poverty, especially among those who are not capable of participation in the productive process, the size of the transfer budget depends fundamentally on the size of the economic pie, and the share redistributed from participants in the productive process to others.
There is also the requirement that development should be equitable in geographic terms having regard to the reality of the Federation consisting of two Islands in which residents seek to self‐ actualise in their respective island spaces.

Also, given the fiscal and other challenges, financial probity, efficiency in performance of the public sector underpinned by performance budgeting and a commitment to macro‐economic stability are hallmarks of good governance, as the country seeks to reduce poverty.
Five Priority Areas were identified in a participatory process conducted across both islands, namely: I. Reformed Macroeconomic Framework in Support of Poverty Reduction The level of debt which has been one of the highest in the region compromises the growth process.

Thus, a concerted strategy for debt reduction in a reformed macro‐ economic framework will allow the country to mobilise resources for investing in the poor and reducing poverty.

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Accelerated Economic Growth and Wealth Creation The fundamentals of poverty reduction are the diversification and transformation of the economy and the development of new and viable exports, given that Saint Kitts and Nevis is too small to rely on an internal dynamic to generate income and wealth.

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Community Empowerment, Crime Reduction and Security Management The empowerment of the communities affected by crime and the improvement in personal security are a social good, and contribute to the social infrastructure of the country and, thus, to investment in the future.

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Strengthened Social Safety Net Systems There are areas of duplication of services on the one hand, and gaps in provision on the other.
Better targeting and the development of a central register of beneficiaries would National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | v improve efficiency and allow those most in need to be the focus of attention, including children in need of protection, and selected vulnerable groups.
V. Risk Reduction and Social Protection Risk reduction is part of the planning process involved in protecting basic livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable in society in the face of possible shocks and disaster.

The specific objectives that are to be achieved consist of the following: 1.
Eliminating indigence and reducing poverty (estimated at 23.7 percent in 2007/2008 for Saint Kitts and 15.9 percent in Nevis) to single digit percentages through the restoration of the economy on to a growth path that provides increased opportunities for entrepreneurship, income generation and employment for the adult population.

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Providing for food security thus curbing the impact of the global crisis in food and energy looming on the horizon: annual increases in food prices will be contained at below five percent.

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Universalising access to early childhood, and ensuring ratios of boys to girls throughout the formal system of education is exactly consistent with population ratios.

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Reducing incidence of life style diseases by one half, reversing spread of HIV/AIDS and cutting HIV prevalence among pregnant women 15‐24 year olds to zero.

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Ensuring universal access to flush toilets for all households, by raising level from estimated 90.5 percent in 2008 to 100 percent by 2016.

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Providing secure tenancy and ownership arrangements for all households, by ending squatting.

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Rationalising the social protection system to eliminate the possibility of exclusion of those entitled, and of inclusion of those whose circumstances do not merit their receiving assistance.

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Promoting good governance and a strengthening of public sector management with a view to increasing transparency and accountability: the formation of community councils will be encouraged and where feasible they will be given authority thereby allowing residents in Saint Kitts greater voice in the affairs of their communities, and performance based budgeting introduced in all areas of the public sector and; 9.
Reducing the risk to Saint Kitts and Nevis of environmental, climatic and other related natural disasters, and particularly to those who are the most vulnerable.

National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | vi Implementation Saint Kitts and Nevis is about to embark on a poverty reduction strategy in the midst of one of the most testing periods in its economic history.
All indicators suggest that the external conditions that it faces have created a sea change for what remains an export‐propelled economy.

In spite of its commendable performance on a number of key development indicators, it is still beset with high although declining poverty.
Thus, embracing poverty reduction as a key policy objective, the Government and the country will be attempting to undertake a radical reorientation of the economy, with diversification within existing industries and the entrée into new industries and activities, most of which, have to be immediately competitive in the global market place.
Poverty reduction, therefore, converges with the need to empower many of the poor and vulnerable to become competitive individuals in the new economy that Saint Kitts and Nevis has to build.

There are the poor and vulnerable, who have no likelihood of contributing to the production process ‐ the retired and persons with severe disabilities.
However, the budget for transfers and for improved provision for the poor and vulnerable will come largely from an expanded revenue base which is sustainable only with increased or accelerated output.

In other words, poverty reduction is conditioned in large measure by favourable economic and export performance.

An action plan has been developed to direct the implementation of the NPRS in manner that its key anticipated outcomes will be realised.
Each Priority Area consists of a number of outcomes (or key results areas), articulated as follows: Priority One: Reformed Macroeconomic Framework in Support of Poverty Reduction 1.

Macroeconomic Stability.

Priority Two: Accelerated Economic Growth and Wealth Creation 1.

Economic and industrial restructuring and transformation, thus creating the foundations 2.
3. for competitive participation; Information, Communication and Telecommunications platform developed; Institutional capacity strengthened in support of the new economic and industrial paradigm and ethos; 4.

Minimum wages for the lowest category of worker, kept in line with inflation and protection of the working poor; 5.
Saint Kitts and Nevis Tourism product redefined and strengthened in an effort to reposition the industry and to capitalise on all the natural and historical assets of the islands; Increased food security and self‐sufficiency in Agriculture and Fisheries; 6.

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Local entrepreneurial development in support of poverty reduction and sustainable development; and 8.

Sustained Pro‐poor Employment Creation.


National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | vii Priority Three: Community Empowerment, Crime Reduction and Security Management 1.

Reformed and modernised national security and safety system; and 2.

Empowerment of at‐risk communities.

Priority Four: Strengthened Social Safety Net Systems 1.

Modernised Social Services System; 2.

An Enhanced Child Protection System; and 3.


Improved Quality of Life and Living Standards for Vulnerable Groups.

Priority Five: Risk Reduction and Social Protection 1.

Social Protection Framework Defined in the Context of Saint Kitts and Nevis; 2.

Social Insurance System Reformed Offering a Full Range of Coverage and Products; 3.
An Education System that Is Dynamic and Responsive to the Changing Needs of the Federation, Producing Graduates who Are Confident in their Ability to Compete in a Global Economy, Are Innovative, and Can Successfully Meet the Challenges of Society; Improved Health and Wellness; Improved Community Life, Relations and Cohesion; 4.

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Affordable Housing and Land Reform; 7.

Enhanced Environmental Sustainability Framework in Place to Support and Sustain Poverty Reduction; and 8.
Reduced Risks to Communities and Households Associated with Climate‐Related and Other Forms of Natural Disasters.

The key results areas/outcomes, activities, priority rating, outputs, implementing agencies, timeframe and budget are provided in the National Poverty Reduction Action Plan below.
National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | viii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes PRIORITY AREA 1: MACROECONOMIC POLICY IN SUPPORT OF POVERTY REDUCTION Outcome 1: Macro-economic stabilisation - Debt to GDP Ratio - Current Account Balance - GDP a.
Reform the national fiscal management programme with a sensitivity to private investment b. Update and implement national financial programme c. Update and implement public sector investment programme d. Develop and implement improved performance based public sector results programme which gives consideration to improved transparency and accountability and performance e. Develop and implement a national debt management strategy and action plan which provide measures for managing the external and domestic debts to achieve the debt target of 60 percent of GDP by 2020 Improve institutional structure and regulatory arrangement for debt management, financial management and fiscal reform g. Negotiate debt forgiveness and f. renegotiate terms and conditions of loan contracts with creditors of Short-long term 400,000 - Public sector *** *** *** *** Ministry Finance(MoF) MOF MOF MOF Short-long term Short-long term --- .--- Short term 3,000,000 performance based budgeting and management system - Greater accountability and transparency - Phased reduction of debt - Improved institutional framework for debt management, fiscal management Borrowing XCD500 million limit: 24 month consultancy for the development and comprehensive adoption of a public sector budgeting and management system for MfDR.
Debt Management Advisory Service Unit already in place *** MOF Short-long term --- *** MOF Short-long term *** MOF Short term -- National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | ix Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high PRIORITY AREA 2: ACCELERATED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WEALTH CREATION - GDP Growth Rate - Industrial Production - Exports - New industries by category a.
Develop strategy and action *** plan for economic and industrial transformation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in collaboration with all industry stakeholders and include industrial scoping of current and future markets Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Short term 318,000 - Saint Kitts and Nevis Key Implementing Agency Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) b.
Establish a system of *** MIC Short term continuous monitoring of economic and industrial competitiveness and productivity improvement c. Establish a forum for continuous *** MIC dialogue among industry partners – government, private sector, labour movement and NGO sector a.

Develop a Community Action Investment and Outreach programme to integrate community members and encourage collaborative participation and responsible community-based action.
It includes social marketing component to address a number of issues – such as the use of ICTs by all age groups and the use of community ICT facilities b.
Continue the implementation of the ICT initiatives outlined under the National Adaptation Strategy (2006-2013) - Universal access to Internet bandwidth capacity - Number of ICT service providers - Number of community centres with internet in poor rural and urban communities - Number of ICT oriented businesses - Learners-to-computer ratio - Primary and secondary school with ICT content in school curricula - Mobile cellular Short – term long 100,000 Medium –long term 1,500,000 *** Ministry of Community Development, Culture & Gender Affairs (MCDCGA) Ministry of Information and Technology (MIT) *** MIT Short – term long 26,264,000 Industrial Transformation Strategy and Action Plan - New industries created and sustained - Sourcing of potential export markets - Improved efficiency in production of goods and services - Improved industrial governance systems - Monitoring system in place - Industrial sectors forum established - Social marketing programme implemented in support of ICT use by all population groups - All education and health facilities, public libraries, information, cultural centres, and community facilities connected with ICTs - - museums, post offices and archives connected with ICTs Development of the system forms part of initial activity; operation of system will be part of the of responsibilities MIC Budget allocated under the NAS; total represents cost all activities under the NAS Outcome 1: Economic and industrial restructuring and transformation, thus creating the for foundations competitive participation Outcome 2: Promoting and developing an Information, Communication and Telecommunicat ions Platform National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | x Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants - Individuals who used a mobile cellular telephone in the last 12 months - Households with access to broadband Internet - Number of ICT Innovations c. Invest in human resources to
 support growth of ICT industry (recruitment of qualified education further personnel, and training of personnel) the d. Provide ICT training to teachers to enhance the delivery of education through the effective utilisation of computers Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency *** MIT Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term long Budget (XCD) --- *** MoE Short-medium term Outputs Notes with websites - Professional associations and cooperatives and NGOs with high speed internet access and websites School curricula revision; merit-based ICT scholarship programme for post secondary and tertiary education/ training based e. Provide ICT support to all *** MIT community centres, starting in centres where community councils are active Short – term long --- f. Encourage and facilitate *** MIT telecommunications operators to expand/provide various services to low-resource communities by allowing them to subsidise services to the most needy communities Short – term long --- of Provision and hardware security software; concerns must be addressed; training community of personnel to manage community based ICT facilities 3: Outcome Institutional capacity strengthened in support of the new economic industrial and paradigm and ethos - Report on need a.
Seek technical support to aid in assessment - Quarterly and annual departmental reports the establishment of performance based system b.
Strengthen institutional capacity to support paradigm shift, including re-acculturation of working environment to facilitate changes in public sector business practices and performance based budgeting *** *** Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Short term --- PMO Short – medium term resource - Human capacity strengthened - Departmental reports Linked Activity (d) to PA1 National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xi Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes --- - Age and price stability - Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short term Key Implementing Agency Ministry of Labour (MAL) Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Tourism Authorities MOT Tourism Authorities Short – term long Short – term long MOT Tourism Authorities Short – term long MOT Tourism Authorities Short – term long Tourism Authorities Hotel Associations Short – term long Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome 4: Wages kept in line with inflation and protection of the working poor Outcome 5: Saint Kitts Nevis Tourism product redefined and strengthened in to an effort reposition the industry and to capitalise on all the natural and historical assets of the islands Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high - Wage and cost of a.
Revise the minimum wage and ** living indices - Agriculture output - Tourism sector contribution to GDP - Tourist arrivals by nationality/resident country - Hotel rooms - Occupancy rate - Trained personnel in tourism industry - Net spend per tourist which remains in destination - Number of new tourism enterprises set minimum terms and conditions in the work place, to provide some minimum level of work place protection to workers a.
Target and explore new markets to reduce heavy reliance on traditional markets b.
Identify, develop and promote new tourism niches – education tourism, agro-tourism, heritage tourism, events tourism c. Diversify tourism product in Nevis and Saint Kitts to increase participation of locals d. Implement activities under the NAS of relevance to poverty reduction – community tourism and human resource development f. e. Partner with OECS and other CARICOM partners in defining Caribbean hospitality and offering training to improve tourism services Improve depth of tourism product by specialising the training of human resource (e.g.
study pilgrimages to source market countries to learn about their culture/ language, so that services are oriented around this knowledge) g. Strengthen and support the small accommodations and service sector to increase ** *** *** *** *** * Tourism Authorities Hotel Associations Medium – long term 3,000,000.00 *** Tourism Authorities Hotel Associations Short – term long - Increased channels of foreign exchange earnings - Opportunities for linkages between tradable sectors (agriculture) and non-tradable sectors (tourism, service industry) - New tourism niches - Trained workers in tourism industry - Improved standards products and services in the tourism industry - Increased locally owned quality small and medium size accommodation establishments - More local fresh produce used in tourism industry National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes 6: Outcome Increased food security and self in sufficiency Agriculture and Fisheries Production - Crop, Fisheries and Livestock Growth in Value Added (Contribution to GDP) - Ratio of Food imports to Local Substitution - Number of licensed fishers - Number of persons prosecuted for praedial larceny - Number of young farmers - Annual soil loss - Number of agricultural loans (by sex by age) opportunities for local investment and increase the number of local tourism business owners h. Develop a standards bureau for accommodations and service i.
Deepen the agro-tourism linkages and commitment by hoteliers to use local agricultural produce and to promote local foods a.

Develop a national food security policy and action plan targeting the growth of strategic crops and livestock, and fisheries b.
Promote agriculture and fishing as viable economic options to attract increased involvement of business-oriented and young farmers c. Promote the link between healthy lifestyles to home-grown agricultural products and local foods d. Strengthen the agri-business sector for increased local food production e. Promote backyard gardens and school gardens f. Implement of NAS in collaboration with relevant stakeholder agencies g. Strengthen the Bureau of Standards and expanding awareness of its remit h. Evaluate and revise the Special *** *** *** MOT Tourism Authorities MOT, Ministry Agriculture Marine (MAMR) Tourism Authorities MAMR of and Resources 3,000,000.00 Short –medium term Short – term long Short term 300,000 *** MAMR Short – medium term 300,000 *** MAMR Short – term Short – term Short – term long 300,000 long 3,000,000 long 300,000 Short – term long Medium – long term MAMR Development bank MAMR Ministry of Education (MoE) MAMR MAMR Development Bank Short term ** *** *** *** ** - Increased local output to provide for import substitution programmes - Establishment and enforcement of standards on quality in production - Improved opportunities for brand visibility of agricultural products produced in Saint Kitts and Nevis - Agricultural and local food clusters - Monkey and stray animal populations under control - New laws praedial larceny - Soil management system in place - Productive soils - Restructured Bureau of Standards National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xiii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Agriculture Fund at the Development Bank with a view to support youth involvement in the sector and increased agricultural production Implement initiatives to sustainably manage the monkey population and control stray animals i. j.
Address praedial larceny - traceability system, revision of legislation, public awareness and community outreach among all stakeholders k. Implement effective agricultural resource management practices l. Develop and promote a Caribbean Brand, marketed to compete with internationally grown produce or collaborate with WINFRESH m. Develop and strengthen the institutional capacity of farmers’ associations/ fisherfolk cooperatives and clustering n. Promote and facilitate cooperatives to rent and work large parcels of land that can make an impact on supplies and hence the food import bill o.
Strengthen the school agriculture programmes Priority * low ** medium *** high Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Key Implementing Agency MAMR Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes *** MAMR Short – term long Police Service MAMR, Ministry of Justice Legal and Affairs (MJLA) Short – term long 500,000 MAMR MFSD MAMR WINFRESH CARDI MAMR MAMR MFSD ** MAMR long Short – term Medium – long term Short – term long Medium – long term Short – medium term long Short – term Short – medium 3,000,000 - Restructured loan portfolio for Special Agricultural Fund - Increased backyard gardening - Recognition of the importance of backyard gardening in national food security - Restructured and professionally operated farmers associations and fishing cooperatives - Strengthened institutional capacity of the National Fisherfolk Organisation - Increased agri- businesses - Restructured school agriculture programmes - Increased number of young farmers and fishers - Trained fishers and farmers - Safety of fishers at sea secured - Tertiary level Marine Studies Programmes Listed agricultural outputs under Fisheries - Fisheries Growth in Value Added (Contribution to GDP) a.
Increase quality assurance within the fishing industry b.
Incorporate ISO 22000- HACCP *** ** MAMR MAMR National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xiv Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities - Ratio of Fish Product imports to Local Substitution - Number of licensed fishers - Number of loans to fishers and fisheries related businesses (by sex by age) - Number of registered businesses - Math and Science Education attainment - Entrepreneurial activity index - Entrepreneurial attitudes index - Number of SMEs by category - Increase in participation in entrepreneurship programmes - Number of entrepreneurs with potential for value added products for Seafood Industry in the operations of the Basseterre Fisheries Complex c. Establish National Fishers Training Programmes d. Strengthen the fish processing subsector e. Strengthen sustainable management and monitoring systems of fisheries resources f. Develop tracking technology for locally registered marine vessels (as part of search and rescue system) g. Conduct a feasibility study on the Development of Marine Studies Programme h. Collaborate with neighbouring governments on the management of fish resources a.
Support the development of an entrepreneurial culture starting at primary school level (teaching children the value of money, networking, and knowledge) b.
Undertake social marketing programmes promote entrepreneurial development, the “entrepreneurial spirit” and to reduce risk aversion among Kittitians and Nevisians c. Implement policies to encourage the development of SMEs d. Improve access to credit, advice and monitoring for micro and Outcome 7: Local entrepreneurial development support poverty reduction sustainable development in of and Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years term Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes 200,000 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** MAMR MAMR MAMR MAMR long Short – term medium – long term Short – term long Medium – long term 4,000,000 MAMR Medium term 600,000 MAMR MIC St. Kitts Credit Union Nevis Credit Union Short – term long Short – term long *** MIC Short – term long *** *** MIC MIC Short term Short – term long - Improvement of country performance on the Global Competitiveness index - Improved performance in ICT penetration indices - A more facilitative environment for start-up businesses and new ventures - Increased number of SMEs - Entrepreneurial culture - Increased ICT use National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xv Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes among businesses in micro and SMEs - Innovative products and services - Revised school curriculum - Representation at international events - SME clusters - SME innovations Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities - Number of
 entrepreneurs receiving technical assistance - Number of entrepreneurs using incubator facilities - Improved financial literacy - Increase in employment - Number of new markets entered - Number of new businesses started by family members - Annual number of registered innovations SMEs e. Rationalise and restructure of incentive programmes for local micro and SMEs f. Negotiate with best-in-class countries to gain knowledge transfers (e.g.
Israel for biotechnology and agriculture, Singapore for SMEs and the knowledge economy) g. Address youth unemployment and underemployment (entrepreneurship promotion, funding, skills training and life skills, and emphasising importance of education and lifelong learning through education marketing) h. Support initiatives using ICTs in entrepreneurial development with special attention its use in micro and SMEs i.
Promote research and development in business development through incentives and other initiatives Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years *** MIC Short term ** MIC, MAMR Medium – long term MIC MYESIT Short – term long *** MIC, Ministry Information Technology of Short – term long *** MIC Short – term long j.
Promote and support innovation *** in schools and business development k. Establish a system for ** registration of innovative ideas/patents and for protection of intellectual property rights MIC MOE Short – term long Attorney General MIC Medium term long National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xvi Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Outcome 8: Sustained Pro- poor employment creation - Employment and unemployment rates - GDP growth rate l. Reform school curricula (from primary to secondary level) to emphasise importance of modern studies (i.e.
business and entrepreneurship, international events, science and technology) m. Strengthen institutional capacity to support the entrepreneurial development a.

Negotiate with donor agencies/ countries to assist in building basis of large scale entrepreneurship b.

Negotiate with donor agencies/ countries to set up centres of research and innovation (e.g.
take advantage of natural environment by building expertise clusters in marine biology, forestry, botany, ecology and environmental sciences) c. Target and support SMEs/ agribusiness to produce substitutes to imports d. Partner with best-in-class countries to develop SMEs (Taiwan, Singapore) Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency *** MOE Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short term Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes *** MIC *** MIC ** MIC *** MIC MAMR *** MIC Short – term long Short – medium term Medium – long term Short – term long Short – term long Short – term long - More targeted scholarships - Trade and industry agreements and partnerships - Increased import substitutes - New niches in support of EPA initiatives - Increased skilled human resource capacity - After-work and continuous programmes in place e. Identify and develop important *** MIC/MAMR niches/ opportunities for exports to EU under the EPA f. Identify targeted areas of *** MFSD Short – long National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xvii Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency expertise to build exportable human resource base (e.g.
developing a highly skilled human resource base in the ICTs, biotechnology and marine biology) g. Negotiate with regional ** MOE institutions and friendly donor countries to secure better funding/ scholarship opportunities for local scholars— build local human resource base h. Strengthen continuous *** MOE education and after work programmes to improve the labour force PRIORITY AREA 3: COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, CRIME REDUCTION AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years term Short – term long Short – term long 1: Outcome Reformed and Modernised National Security System - Major and minor crime (by type by parish) - Conviction by crime - Expenditure on crime prevention and detection - Recidivism rate - Male school drop-out rate a.
Upgrade technology for crime detection and prevention b.
Strengthen human resource capacity through increased recruitment and training c. Revise and reform legislative and institutional framework to improve data collection, planning, crime detection and to reduce gang violence and other forms of organised crimes d. Develop and upgrade policing and security infrastructure e. Upgrade the prison facilities f. Establish rehabilitation and follow-up programmes for *** *** *** *** *** *** MNS MNS MNS MNS Ministry of National Security (MNS) MNS Short – term Short – term long long 15,000,000* - Enhanced institutional capacity - Modern equipment and infrastructure - Improved and effective operations of Police Service - Updated criminal laws - Revised Penal Codes - Restructured Justice System --- --- --- --- Short –medium term Short – term Short – term long Medium – long term long 13,000,000** National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xviii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes 2: Outcome Empowerment of communities at-risk - Trained community residents, youths - Crime rate by community prisoners and ex-prisoners to reduce the rate of recidivism and return to a life of crime g. Conduct detailed studies which assess and profile crime and characteristic of criminality in Saint Kitts and Nevis h. Review of Penal Codes and justice system a.
Establish community policing systems in high risk communities b.
Support the conduct of community-based clean-ups and beautification projects in poor under-resourced communities c. Introduce life skills training and support initiatives d. Assess children for learning disabilities at a young age (pre- school) to reduce behavioural problems e. Develop youth empowerment initiatives that provide support and positive opportunities for at- risk youths particularly young men f. Develop and strengthen programmes in areas that engage and sustain the interest of children (5 -13 years) - ICTs, sports, gaming, the arts, with special emphasis in low resource and at-risk communities *** MNS Short term 1,000,000 2,000,000 *** *** ** ** ** *** *** MNS, MJLA MNS MAMR MNS MSD MoH MCDCGA MCDCGA MOE Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports, Information Technology (MYESIT) Short – medium term Short – medium term Short – term long Short – term Short – term long long Short – term long MCDCGA MYESIT Short – term long - Beautified neighbourhoods - Trained individuals - Systems for early detection of children with learning disabilities and corrective action - Youth (young men) at risk programmes - Children after-school community programmes - Police clubs - Understanding on gender-related challenges and problems faced by at-risk males - Better targeting of at- risk males National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xix Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities g. Establish police clubs in strategic communities h. Establish an effective drug rehabilitation programme to provide specialized counseling services to drug addicts i. j.
Intensify innovative drug use prevention programmes in schools and communities (educating mainly from a health perspective as drug abuse is a health issue and not merely a law enforcement issue) k. l. Strengthendivision drug use and abuse prevention and increase visibility m. Conduct studies of men at risk in the school system and in their community life Priority * low ** medium *** high *** *** *** *** *** Key Implementing Agency MNS MYESIT MNS Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term Short – term long long MYESIT MNS Short – term long MYESIT MNS MNS MCDCGA Short – term long Short – medium term PRIORITY AREA 4: STRENGTHENED SOCIAL SAFETY NET SYSTEMS 1: Outcome Restructured and Modernised Social Safety Net System - Total expenditure by social safety net programme - Number of beneficiaries by category by social safety net - Number of clients exiting programmes by social safety net - Protocols - Policies a.
Reform Social Safety Net *** MCDCGA Short term - Better targeted social systems to improve targeting and efficiency through the use of exit strategies and for better monitoring and evaluation of programmes b.
Strengthen data collection and management for decision making regarding social safety nets through the implementation of an integrated MIS system and upgrading the ICT c. Build on/expand the pilot “The *** MSS/MCDCGA Short term *** MCDCGA Short – medium safety net programmes - Social Protection Policy - Social Security Beneficiaries MIS - Protocols for safeguarding the most vulnerable during periods of crisis - National Ageing National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xx Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Bridge Programme” to improve connection of the vulnerable to the wide range of services available as well as to strengthen entrance and exit criteria and strategies for the programmes d. Develop or formalise strategies and develop protocols for safeguarding the most vulnerable during periods of crisis e. Promote and support the development of foundations and similar organisations to advocate for and provide key support services for vulnerable groups a.
Review and implement relevant recommendations from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund report on Child Sexual Abuse in Saint Kitts and Nevis b.
Reform legislative and institutional framework to protect the child c. Develop a child abuse protocol for Saint Kitts and Nevis d. Provide parenting skills training and developmental support to at-risk groups e. Intensify health and family life education (linked to life skills training) f. Undertake social marketing initiatives which focus on the Outcome 2: An Enhanced Child Protection (Better System Protected and Well Adjusted Children) - Child abuse substantiation rate - Out-of-home placement - Improved education, health and wellbeing of the child Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years term *** MCDCGA Short term *** MCDCGA Short – term long *** MSS MCDCGA Short – medium term *** MCDCGA MCDCGA MCDCGA MCDCGA MCDCGA ** ** ** Short – medium term Short term Short – term long Short – term long Short – medium term Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Policy - National Gender Policy - Improved institutional capacity for effective social services delivery - Child protection laws enacted and promulgated - Trained parents - Informed population - Improved counselling and support systems - Reduced numbers of teenage mothers - Improved support system for teenage mothers and fathers - Formalised system of collaboration and cooperation among all partners involved in child protection - Saint Kitts and Nevis Child Abuse Protocol National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxi Key Results
 Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes rights of the child and on the fact that with rights, come responsibilities (of parents, family, community) g. Strengthen counselling and support programmes for the abused and abusers h. Strengthen counselling and life skills support programmes to at risk children, pre-teens and teenagers i.
Establish a system of increased enforcement and mandatory prosecution of adult males who get teenage girls pregnant j.

Strengthen support for teen mothers and fathers k. Strengthen parent/child bond l. and intergenerational relationships Increase effective collaboration among agencies with responsibilities for child safety and protection a.
Increase social protection of vulnerable groups: social protection policy, assessment of the feasibility of developing a Nations Social Protection Floor that is age and gender sensitive *** *** *** *** ** *** *** MCDCGA MCDCGA MOE Short – term long Short – term long Office of the Attorney General MCDCGA Short – term long MCDCGA MCDCGA MCDCGA Office of the Attorney General Short – term Short – term long long Short – term long Short – medium term Outcome 3: Improved Quality of Life and Living Standards for Targeted - Proportion of female to male entrepreneurs (by type of industry) - Share of women in wage employment in the tourism sector by - Assessment conducted of the feasibility of developing a Nations Social Protection Floor that is age and National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxii Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency *** MCDCGA Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term long *** MCDCGA Short – term long Key Results Areas and Outcomes Vulnerable Groups Outcome Indicators Activities age group - Employment of women by industry age group - Proportion of women in professional, managerial or decision- making positions - Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and tertiary education - Incidence of domestic violence (by sex) - Share of men and women under the poverty and vulnerable lines age group - No of reported cases of violence against women and prosecutions - HIV/AIDs Prevalence and incidence rates by sex b.
Improve quality of life and service provisioning to vulnerable women - National Social Protection Council; Family Friendly” work and family policies and legislation; new day care centres and existing centres in poorer communities facilitated and supported; care programme for the elderly strengthened; gender policy; advocacy and information dissemination and specialised training for those who deal with domestic violence cases; adoption and implementation of the Multi-Sectoral National Action Plan on Sexual and Gender-based Violence; training of women in the informal sector c. Improve quality of life and service provisioning to vulnerable elderly - Policy on Ageing finalised and adopted; strengthening of programmes to deal with the neglect, abuse, abandonment, hunger and loneliness of the aged; personal financial management programme targeted at the young; strengthening of Golden Age Clubs or similar groups Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes gender sensitive - National Social Protection Council established - Family Friendly” work and family policies and legislation - New day care centres and existing centres in poorer communities supported - Care programme for the elderly augmented - Gender policy - Continued information dissemination - Specialised training for practitioners who deal with domestic violence cases - Multi-Sectoral National Action Plan on Sexual and Gender-based Violence adopted and implemented - Training of women - Policy on Ageing National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxiii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency d. Improve quality of life and *** MCDCGA Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term long service provisioning to children – strengthening afterschool programmes and community clubs for children; community based library programmes and book drives; establishment of a committee to deal with the issues of children e.
 Improve quality of life and service provisioning to the marginalised youth - training, volunteering and mentoring programme; strengthening programmes that deal with risky behavior of youths; establishment of youth entrepreneurial window and incubator programme f. Improve quality of life and service provisioning to Persons with Disabilities – adoption of the Convention on the Rights of PWDs; establishment of programmes to facilitate the entry of PWDs into the labour market; review and enforcement of building codes to ensure access by PWDs; support for associated supporting PWDs *** MCDCGA Short – term long *** MCDCGA MFSD Short – term long Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes - Personal financial management programme established - Golden Age Clubs or similar groups strengthened - Afterschool programmes and community clubs for children - Committee to deal with the issues of children established - Playgrounds in Government pre- schools and primary schools - Youth at risk programmes augmented - Youth entrepreneurial window and incubator programme established - UN Convention on the Rights of PWDs adopted - Building codes enforced - Organisations supporting PWDs strengthened - Programmes to facilitate the entry of PWDs into the labour National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxiv Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes PRIORITY AREA 5: RISK REDUCTION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION Outcome 1: Social Protection Framework the in Defined Context of Saint Kitts and Nevis Outcome 2: Social Insurance System Reformed Offering a Full Range of Protection and Products Outcome 3: An Education System that Is and Dynamic Responsive to Changing the Needs of the Federation, Producing Graduates who Are Confident in to their Ability Compete in a Global Economy, Innovative,
 and Can Successfully - Social Protection Policy - a.
Prepare a National Social Protection Policy - Actuarial projections (including scenario of healthy performance) - Number of beneficiaries by scheme (by age by sex) - Expenditure on education (by subsector) - New school entrants in early childhood facilities - School attendance rate by level - Learning achievement by grade level - Educational attainment - Trained teachers by level - Labour market by educational attainment - Functional literacy rate by age group a.

Reform Social Security Scheme b.


Establish contributory National Health Insurance Scheme c. Establish a contributory Unemployment Scheme a.

Increase the percentage of trained and certified teachers at all levels b.
Introduce a performance based school system c. Improve Science and ICT competencies in schools d. Inculcate a culture in lifelong learning among Kittitians and Nevisians e. Increase support for At-Risk Students f. Address the gaps in the early childhood education system g. Enhance posts-secondary and technical-vocational education and training services h. Effectively address all forms of *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** MFSD MCDCGA Short term - Policies formulated Policy formulated MFSD MCDCGA MFSD MCDCGA MFSD MCDCGA MOE MOE MOE MOE MOE MOE MOE MOE Short term Medium term Long term Short – term long Short term term – Short medium term Short – term long long Short – term Short –medium term Short – term long Short term market established - Social protection in Saint Kitts and Nevis defined - Social Protection policy in place - Full protection, well funded schemes - Formalised system of collaboration between Ministries of Health and Education - Revised curricula - Secure school environment - Improved early childhood education system - Improved systems for early detection of problems in children - Individual school plans for improved performance implemented National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxv Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Key Results Areas and Outcomes Meet Challenges Society the of violence and other forms of dysfunctional behaviour within the school system i.
Maintain access to education- based transfers to j.

Revise and adapt the school the needs of a curricula changing Saint Kitts and Nevis k. Conduct an assessment of the school based clubs and after- school activities Outcome 4: Improved Health and Wellness - Relative distribution of a.

Implement the initiatives of the Primary and Secondary Care National Health Plan b.
Promote better nutritional choices among residents of the Federation c. Strengthen health systems so as to protect gains made and continuously improve service quality and access at all levels in the Health Sector d. Strengthen of the health promotion function f. e. Support health care in manner that does not place a greater burden for the cost of healthcare on the most vulnerable Improve management and delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention measures to vulnerable and at- risk groups, and care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS g. Promote effective and efficient mental health care services Outcome 5: - Community centres a.
Develop and establish a MNS MOE MOE MOE MOE MOE MOH MOH *** *** ** *** ** *** ** *** *** MOH Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term Short – term long long Short term Short – term Short – term long long Short –medium term Short – term long Short – term long Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes - Performance based evaluation system for schools (accountability model for schools) - Reduced incidence of HIV/AIDS - All victims having access to anti- retroviral drugs - Mother to child transmission of HIV reduced to zero - Better patient care leading to more persons achieving stability - More men attending clinics - Reduced number of men suffering chronic diseases - Increase in number of persons in wellness programmes - Reduction in percentage of older cohorts succumbing to chronic diseases - Community centres Part of Community *** *** MOH Short – term long MCDCGA Short term Ministry (MOH) of Health Short – term long National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxvi Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Enhanced community and cohesion life - Community programmes per district - Number of participants in community programmes - Level of participation in social, cultural and political life - Number of CBOs and NGOs by category by community - Community strengths and challenges - Conflict resolution mechanisms Sustainable Communities Policy and a Code of Best Practices for interacting and working with communities to guide the work of practitioners, politicians and leaders in communities.
b.
Conduct in-depth community assessments of poorer communities and developing community profiles, with priorities for action clearly identified c. Provide quality physical and social infrastructure and services at the community level d. Encourage the formation of community councils to plan for development of the community, assist in accessing relevant resources and allow space for them to act e. Strengthen of community-based organisations and support establishment and the incubation of new groups ** MCDCGA Short term *** *** MCDCGA MCDCGA Short – term long Short – term long *** MCDCGA Short – term long f. Strengthen the Community *** MCDCGA Development Department in the Ministry of Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs and other agencies g. Construct community centres within targeted poorer communities h. Develop programmes for all community centre to empower *** ** MCDCGA MCDCGA Short – medium term Short – term long Short – term long constructed - Active and vibrant community centres - Community programmes and action - Strengthened CBOs, NGOs and FBOs - Social integration of immigrant populations - Database of community attributes, assets and challenges - Responsible citizenship culture inculcated - Bipartisan cooperation in the development of communities across Saint Kitts and Nevis - Community councils - Increased community sporting and recreational activities for all Action and programme PA2 Outcome 1/a) Investment Outreach (see Part of Community Investment Action Outreach and (see programme PA2 Outcome 1/a) Part of Community Investment Action Outreach and programme (see PA2 Outcome 1/a) Part of Community Investment Action Outreach and programme (see PA2 Outcome 1/a) National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxvii Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency community residents using the Old Road model and in conjunction with a wide cross section of community residents i.
Promote integration of immigrants into social life j.

Promote social integration, cohesiveness and the development of social capital at the community level k. Promote a culture of “responsible citizenship” a.

Improve access to affordable housing by the poor as many are still unable to qualify for the low income housing schemes b.
Upgrade housing and living conditions in poor communities such as McKnight and Newtown c. Strengthen the framework for provision of housing and land distribution d. Address squatting – squatter regularisation, legislation, awareness raising Framework Environmental for Promote Green Growth as a Means of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strengthen the Institutional Sustainable Poverty Reduction Promote Sustainable Livelihoods Initiatives Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water and Improved Sanitation a.
Undertake a revision of the Community-based Disaster Management Act and *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ** *** MCDCGA BNTF, MCDCGA MCDCGA Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH) MPWH MFSD MSD MSD MPWH MSD MSD MSD MPWH Outcome Affordable Housing Land Reform 6: and - Distribution of housing income low to starts families - Acreages occupied by squatters (for housing) of - Number housing upgraded 7: Outcome Enhanced Environmental Sustainability Framework in Place to Support and Sustain Poverty Reduction - Eco-innovations - Eco-businesses - Number of CBOs involved in eco- businesses and projects - Sustainable development in face 8: Outcome Reduced Risks - Economic cost of natural resources Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes - Provision of land and/or housing starts of - Regulation squatters - Upgraded housing Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term Short – term long long Short – term Short – term long long to long Short term Short term Medium term Short – term Short – term Short – term Short – term Short – term long 2,000,000 long 15,250,000 5,000,000 long long long 30,000,000 - Sea defence infrastructural works Cost of programme entire National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxviii Outcome Indicators Activities Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Physical Planning Act to address climate-related risk reduction b.
Revise the National Disaster *** Management Plan Key Results Areas and Outcomes to Communities and Households Associated with Climate-Related and Other Natural Disasters - Economic impact of climate change - Loss of human life and injury due to climate- related and other natural disasters - Cost estimates of damage due to climate- related and other natural disasters Disaster Disaster MSD NEMA Nevis Management Department NEMA Nevis Management Department MSD MPWH MSD *** *** *** *** MPWH *** MSD MoH Solid Management Corporation NEMA Nevis Management Department Waste Disaster c. Increase collaboration among emergency agencies to harmonise activities and responses d. Revise building codes to cater for increased risk e. Sensitise, inform and increase awareness of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation among top policy and decision-makers, including identification of an national advocate/champion for the issues Incorporate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into the national development planning and investment f. g. Undertake community based public education and action centred around the improvement of waste management and sanitation; develop and strengthen the early warning systems for localised events – flooding and at the national level – droughts and volcanic activities Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes - Vulnerable communities identified and profiled - Emergency and evacuation plans for hotspot communities in place - Improved institutional capacity in place to effectively enforce building codes - National physical development and land zoning plan - Community waste recycling and reuse programme in place - Sustainable energy - Public education in place Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term long Short – term long Short – term Short – term long long Short – term long Short – term long National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxix Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities h. Development of contingency plans for high-risk communities i.
Identify and target extremely vulnerable communities for relocation and resettlement j.
Develop evacuation and emergency response plans for at risk communities k. Promote the use of energy saving devices among the Federation population, with special emphasis on poorer communities l. Conduct feasibility assessment for the establishment of a fund households to which all like contribute mandatorily national having insurance, regard to the high level of risk that characterises living and operating in the national space a.
Strengthen the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee to support the implementation of the NPRS b. Institutionalise regular inter- sectoral meetings co-chaired by MSD and MCDCGA c. Strengthen the institutional capacity of MSD and MCDCGA to support the work of the NPRS implemented in a well coordinated and sustainable manner - Sustainability of the institutional framework - Records of the intersectoral and Technical Committee meetings - Quarterly and annual reports Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes Priority * low ** medium *** high *** ** *** *** Key Implementing Agency MSD NEMA Nevis Management Department MSD Disaster Disaster MSD NEMA Nevis Management Department MSD Ministry of Energy Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years Short – term long Short – term long Short term Short – term long ** MoF Long term *** OPM *** *** OPM MSD MCDCGA Immediate long term – Short – term long Short – term long - NAT institutionalised and functional - NPR Secretariat functional - Quarterly annual system in place and reporting National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxx Key Results Areas and Outcomes Outcome Indicators Activities Technical Committee d. Establish a NPRS quarterly and annual reporting system which keeps stakeholders and the public informed about progress Priority * low ** medium *** high Key Implementing Agency Timeframe Short: 1-2 years Medium: 2-3 years Long: 3-5 years *** MSD MCDCGA Short – term long Budget (XCD) Outputs Notes National Poverty Reduction Strategy for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2011-2015: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xxxi