St Kitts and Nevis is small. The eastern Caribbean twin island-state is home to a population of about 40,000 and has an economy valued at just over $420m.
Like other countries in the Caribbean, it has been buffeted by a series of external shocks – hurricanes and the 9/11 terror attacks, for instance – as well as changing global economic dynamics, such as trade liberalisation that has resulted in the loss of key trade preferences.
