The World Bank’s 2006 Poverty Assessment Study outlined weaknesses in poverty reduction strategies in St. Lucia common to Caribbean countries. The St. Lucia Poverty Reduction Fund in the Ministry of Social Transformation wanted to join an ongoing Organization of American States (OAS) program¹ to better learn how Chile had implemented “social guarantee”² approaches to improve social programs. The World Bank’s South-South Facility agreed to support St. Lucia’s as well as St.