Economic outlook: St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ economic recovery from the global economic crisis has been curbed by a series of significant natural disasters, while rehabilitation and reconstruction costs have pushed current account and fiscal deficits higher. After an estimated 1.1 percent growth rate in 2014, growth is projected to pick up modestly to 2.1 percent in 2015 on a pickup in tourism, agriculture and enhanced implementation of much-needed rehabilitation and reconstruction projects. [...]