Cover -- Contents -- I. Credit Unions in the ECCU: Prospects and Challenges -- A. Introduction -- B. Recent Developments of Credit Unions in the ECCU -- C. Are Credit Unions Different from Commercial Banks -- D. Challenges: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Strengthening Regulation and Supervision -- E. Policy Recommendations and Conclusions -- Boxes -- 1. A Brief History of Credit Unions in the Caribbean -- 2. PEARLS Indicators -- Appendix Table -- 1. ECCU: Selected Indicators of Financial Institutions, end-2010 -- References -- II. Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU -- A. Introduction -- B. The Current State of Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU -- C. Real Sector Statistics -- D. External Sector Statistics -- E. Government Finance Statistics -- F. Monetary and Financial Statistics -- G. Data Dissemination Practices -- H. Technical Assistance to the Region -- I. Challenges for the Production of Statistics in Small Island States -- J. Modalities of Institutional Organization -- K. Plans for Improvement -- L. Conclusion -- Boxes -- 1. Harmonization of Macroeconomic Statistics in the EU -- 2. Features of the ECCU Rebased National Accounts Series -- 3. Improvements to the CPI in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) -- Annex -- The Comparator Matrix of Statistical Issues in the ECCU -- References.