Tracy Polius

Research Fellow

Tracy Polius is a Research Fellow at the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. She has conducted significant research on the financial sector in the Caribbean. Ms. Polius has published regionally and internationally in the areas of banking, reserve pooling and financial sector stability. She has presented research papers at various conferences and workshops including the International Symposium on Forecasting and ECCB Annual Development Conference. Ms. Polius is a former Economist of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and former Director of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance; Saint Lucia. She has also worked as a consultant, executing research on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-OECS and Barbados. Ms. Polius is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine (M.Sc. Economics).

Recent Publications and Presentations

Social and Economic Studies (SES), Special Issue 1997 .“ Bank Fragility in the Caribbean,"
by Roland Craigwell and Tracy Polius.

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 8 (2). June 2000. " Deposit Insurance: Is it a Plausible Option for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union?,"
by Tracy Polius and Amos Peters

IMF Working Paper Series No. 104, 2001 .“ Reserve Pooling in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the CFA Franc Zone: A Comparative Analysis”
Oral Williams, Tracy Polius and Selvon Hazel.

IMF Working Paper Series No. 123, 2001. “ Financial System Soundness in the Caribbean”
by De Lisle Worrell, Desiree Cherubin and Tracy Polius

CEMLA Money Affairs Vol. 15 No. 1. January-June 2002. “ Banking Efficiency in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: An examination of the Structure Conduct Performance Paradigm and the efficiency hypothesis”

Contact Information

Tracy Polius
Research Fellow
CCMF
UWI St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
E-mail: Tracy.Polius@sta.uwi.edu