Digital Divide Country Profile · North America

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure, Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure, Fiber/Fiber Optic, FTTP. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure4
Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure1
Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure1
Submarine / International Cable Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

Fiber/Fiber Optic4
FTTP1
Submarine Fiber-Optic Cable1
Wi-Fi1

Intervention classification

Neither explicitly identified5
Infrastructure and Specific Technology4
Infrastructure only1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

4 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 1 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

10 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

CARCIP connectivity

CARCIP Additional Financing – School Internet Expansion

CARCIP implementation / operational · Schools

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Status / periodCARCIP implementation / operationalLocationSchoolsPopulationStudents and teachersOrganizationsGovernment of SVG; World Bank

Expanded broadband and institutional access across the island state.

Activities and approach: School broadband

Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure

EducationK–12

CARCIP connectivity

CARCIP FTTP Broadband Expansion

CARCIP implementation / operational · Underserved communities

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Status / periodCARCIP implementation / operationalLocationUnderserved communitiesPopulationAbout 20,586 peopleOrganizationsGovernment of SVG; World Bank

Expanded broadband and institutional access across the island state.

Activities and approach: FTTP fiber

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureFTTPFiber/Fiber Optic

Caribbean Digital Transformation Project

CARDTP Digital Enabling Environment

2022–ongoing · Nationwide

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Status / period2022–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationConsumers and service providersOrganizationsGovernment of SVG; World Bank

Improves digital access, skills and service adoption.

Activities and approach: Policy/regulatory modernization

Caribbean Digital Transformation Project

CARCIP implementation / operational · Schools, libraries/community institutions

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Status / periodCARCIP implementation / operationalLocationSchools, libraries/community institutionsPopulationStudents and educatorsOrganizationsGovernment of SVG; World Bank

Expanded broadband and institutional access across the island state.

Activities and approach: Institutional fiber/Wi-Fi

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber OpticWi-Fi

EducationK–12

CARCIP connectivity

Saint Vincent–Grenada Submarine Cable

CARCIP implementation / operational · Saint Vincent to Grenada

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Status / periodCARCIP implementation / operationalLocationSaint Vincent to GrenadaPopulationNational Internet usersOrganizationsGovernment of SVG; World Bank

Expanded broadband and institutional access across the island state.

Activities and approach: Submarine fiber

Submarine / International Cable InfrastructureFiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber OpticSubmarine Fiber-Optic Cable

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/
International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=VC
World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=VC

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