UPP achievements, year by year.

The administration injected $60M into LIAT through a CDB loan and says it saved the jobs of hundreds of Antiguans and Barbudans.

The PDV-CAB framework supported a $1,200 annual utility credit for senior citizens that could be applied to any APUA bill.

The minimum pension increased by 50% to $750 monthly, while the Social Security minimum pension for persons over 70 moved to $350 monthly.

The Basket of Essential Goods was introduced with just under 50 items to help residents cope with rising prices.

Corporate income tax was reduced from 35% to 30%.

Negotiations with Japan secured the Point Wharf Fisheries Complex at about $35M, including a $26M grant, with additional fisheries complexes in Parham and Urlings.

Antigua was confirmed as a Cricket World Cup 2007 venue. The projects incentives framework helped create more than 50 new hospitality and business properties.

The World Investment Report ranked Antigua and Barbuda highest in the OECS and fourth in the Caribbean for annual investment per capita in 2007.

The 2007 record included about 262,000 stay-over visitors, more than 384 ship visits and close to 673,000 cruise passengers.

The property-tax system was overhauled in 2007, including a $150,000 residential allowance and targeted relief for agriculture, manufacturing, hotels, culture and heritage sites.

The Vagrants Feeding Programme was introduced and on average fed 85 persons weekly.

The Barbuda Pension Act 2007 allowed Barbuda Council workers to receive a pension for the first time.

The booklet says the second term had to cope with the global downturn, the Stanford debacle and the CLICO-BAICO misfortune.

Antigua and Barbuda negotiated its first US$10M loan with the World Bank.

The IMF Stand-by Arrangement brought US$101M, while EU support included more than 9M Euros through the Vulnerability Flex mechanism and $10.9M for public financial management reform. A US$30M policy-based loan was also negotiated with the CDB.

The National Food Plan reported that local vegetable production rose from 4.6M to 6M pounds in 2008-2009, with another 4M pounds of fruit and root crops harvested for total output of 10M pounds valued at $28M.

The summary chapter says that by 2009, at the end of the first term, government finances were stable and every issue of government bonds floated by the Ministry of Finance was oversubscribed.

The 2011 Manufacturing Sector Strategy waived import duty and the Revenue Recovery Charge on raw materials, packaging materials and machinery for manufacturers.

The Credit Guarantee Scheme and Small Business Development Act supported small businesses, with guarantees up to $2.5M in total and up to $20,000 per SME.

Twenty-five percent of government contracts for goods and services were reserved for micro, small and medium businesses.

The Construct Antigua Barbuda Initiative launched in 2011 and reduced construction costs by 20% through ABST waivers, lower rates, discounts and concessions.

During the first phase of CABI, 258 residential construction projects worth $110.6M were approved and an estimated 1,200 jobs were created.

Japan scholarships and training in 2011 benefited 34 Antiguans and Barbudans at an approximate value of $1.8M.

LEAP started in 2013 with three cohorts of 14 awardees, each receiving a $1,500 monthly stipend and a $5,000 completion award. Total programme cost was $280,000.

ABSTEP offered employment and training opportunities for about 1,000 people between 17 and 50 years old, with EC$1,600 monthly for six months in the training component.

The administration allocated $9.6M to Connect Antigua and Barbuda and GATE, adding ICT cadet training, free tablets, high-speed internet and the CABB platform for SMEs.

Works and Transport reported 48 miles of base road works, three miles of concrete drains and five miles of asphaltic concrete, alongside multiple public-building upgrades.

Cruise and yachting data for 2013 show 550,000 passengers from 293 cruise ships, while the destination also won Caribbean Leading Honeymoon Destination.

The Backyard Garden Initiative reached more than 1,000 home-based gardeners and 60 small-scale farmers, while Project 40-20 trained roughly 160 youth.

The land-distribution programme handed out 220 parcels across the country in 2013.

Health updates in 2013 include the Bethesda Clinic, the All Saints Dental Clinic, the Vision Centre at Grays Farm, more than 100 trained healthcare providers and over 1,000 free HIV tests.

The 2013 social-programme update lists 14,846 students on uniform grants, 3,000 students fed daily, 538 NSLF recipients, 2,163 People Benefit Programme cardholders and nearly 5,000 pensioners on the utility subsidy.

The administration extended US$21M to LIAT for re-fleeting and made a $10M lump-sum payment to the Social Security Board in June 2013.