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CDB’s Poverty Assessment ‘Toolkit’ seeing good results in St. Lucia - Stabroek News

Eastern Caribbean countries are reportedly finding the Caribbean Development Bank’s recently developed Enhanced Country Poverty Assessment (eCPA) toolkit more than useful in supporting responses to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, information emanating from the Bank suggests.

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