CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 31, 2006)
Budget Analyst in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Ms. Hazel Brandy, disclosed that Nevis’ fiscal performance was moving in the right direction, her assessment was based on an unofficial report of the International Monetary Fund Mission 2006.
Ms. Brandy was at the time addressing a number of senior civil servants and ministers in the NIA, at a pre estimate budget meeting at the Nevis Co Operative Credit Union Conference Room on Monday October 30, 2006. The meeting was designed to foster closer dialogue between heads of departments, Permanent Secretaries and the Ministry of Finance, to give an updated fiscal position on the government and to address concerns on the preparation of the 2007 Budget which is due in December, 2006.