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, ES: gross--secondary school enrolment (% gross) denominated as gross secondary school enrollment

, FE: fertility rate

, FDI: Foreign direct investment/GDP ratio denominated here foreign direct investment

, GC: government consumption/GDP ratio denominated here government consumption. INF: inflation rate (%)

, NRI: natural increase rate (birth rate -death rate)

, NDS: natural disasters: 1 if occurred in a given year and 0 otherwise;. PC: private consumption/GDP ratio denominated here private consumption

, PS= population size in millions

, TR: Trade (Export+import)/GDP ratio denominated here trade openness

, D(?)=first difference Putting Prefix and Suffix together Examples: RPCAN=real per capita GDP for Antigua and Barbuda

, DLU= real per capita growth for St.Lucia; DDO=real per capita growth for Dominica DEFKN=budget deficit for

, EDGR=external debt for Grenada; EDLU=external debt for

, ESAN=secondary school enrollment in Antigua and Barbuda

, FDIVI=foreign direct investment for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

, FEDO: fertility rate in Dominica; FELU=fertility rate in

, GCVI=government consumption for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

, INFDO=inflation rate for Dominica

, NRIDO=natural increase rate for Dominica; NRILU=natural increase rate for

, NDSki=natural disasters for

, PSGR=population size in Grenada

, TRAN=trade openness for Antigua and Barbuda; TRGR=Trade openness for Grenada

, D(PSAN)=first difference of population size for Antigua and Barbuda. Sources: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, World Economic Outlook Database, pp.EM-Dat, 2013.