Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), as low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions, specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure for the formation of offshore companies and for the investment of offshore funds.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – The Facts
- Full name: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Population: 120,000 (UN, 2007)
- Capital and largest city: Kingstown
- Area: 389 sq km (150 sq miles)
- Major languages: English
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 69 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 East Caribbean dollar = 100 cents
- Main exports: Bananas, arrowroot (starch), nutmeg, mace, coconuts
- GNI per capita: US $3,400 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .vc
- International dialling code: +1784
- Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dr Freddy Ballantyne
- Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
- The press
- The Herald-daily
- The News-weekly
- Searchlight-weekly
- The Vincentian-weekly, owned by Vincentian Publishing Company
- Television
- SVG Television-operated by St Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation
- Radio
- NBC Radio-partly-government funded national FM service
- Hitz FM- music station, affiliated to SVG TV
- We FM-private
- Hot 97-private
- Nice FM- private
