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Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority- The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (EDC) is a semi-autonomous government instrumentality responsible for the promotion and enhancement of economic development in the United States Virgin Islands. It has five major components, to wit, the Government Development Bank, The Economic Development Commission, the Industrial Park Development Corporation, the Small Business Development Agency and the Enterprise Zone program.
Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research
The Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research (BER) compiles and maintains statistics and data on the state of the economy of the U.S. Virgin Islands in support of both public-sector and private-sector decision-making. One of its most important functions is the production of periodic economic indicator and statistical reports. The Bureau also regularly conducts special research projects, in the form of briefing papers and special analyses or surveys.
