The Development Planning Unit has primary responsibility for economic planning, national statistics, manpower planning and project cycle management. As the co-ordinating development-planning agency, we are expected to release publications on all aspects of development including social progress, economic development, environmental management and physical development.

Our publications are intended to provide information to the general public and decision support services to the Government of the British Virgin Islands including its statutory bodies and business enterprises. We are especially mindful of the business community need for reliable and timely statistics for decision-making. In this connection we have prepared a Schedule of Release Dates for our publications anticipating that resources will be available on a timely basis to meet those release dates. The publications we put on this site are intended to identify and analyze government policies, strategies, programmes and prospects.

It is intended that our publications meet the highest ethical and professional standards in line with government overall philosophy of accountability, transparency and openness. We want our readers to be confident that our publications are factual and reflective of the true picture of the development situation in the British Virgin Islands. All documents released are public and may be quoted or used freely with standard acknowledgements.

National statistics production occupies virtually half of our resources; accordingly, most of our publications are Statistical Publications on the National Accounts, Balance of Payments, Government Finance,]

 Financial Statistics, Prices, External Trade, Tourism, and Employment.  Public sector investment and prospect cycle management are critical areas which the Development Planning Unit co-ordinates. We are therefore responsible for publications on the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP). Economic analysis is another area on which we publish regularly and periodically. These Economic Publications include Recent Economic Developments (RED), annual Social and Economic Review (SAER), Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Indicators (QBEI), Policy Papers and Economic Plans.

We publish Social Statistics reports on Health and Vital Statistics, Education, Crime Prevention and Justice, Family Planning, Social Security and Social Welfare, Children and Youth and Population.

In addition we publish Administrative or Departmental reports on the operations of the Development Planning Unit. All reports are for sale and our Price List is published to better inform our clients and the public. Should you have any questions, concerns or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at the e-mail address, telephone or facsimile number included below.