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economic territory or resident economy, rather than Grenadian citizenship.","A national aggregate must establish whether and how Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique are represented; evidence from the main island alone cannot silently stand for the whole economy.","Tourist expenditure and cross-border education receipts must be separated from visitor counts, student counts and the total turnover of establishments serving both residents and nonresidents.","Domestic fiscal and regulatory choices must be distinguished from monetary and exchange-rate arrangements governed at a regional level.","A rise in reconstruction expenditure must be distinguishable from restoration of destroyed assets, household welfare and productive capacity."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"economic-boundary-and-evidence","name":"Economic boundary and evidence","description":"Establishes which economy is being measured and whether observations are 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inferred from national totals?","id":"employment-quality-and-access-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"prices-and-household-resources","name":"Prices and household resources","description":"Relates living costs to earnings, transfers and household consumption.","findings":[{"id":"purchasing-power-distribution","name":"Purchasing power distribution","description":"Evaluate changes in material living standards using household evidence and geographically appropriate price coverage.","questions":[{"text":"How do food, energy, housing and transport prices affect purchasing power for different household groups?","id":"purchasing-power-distribution-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How recent and geographically representative are poverty, consumption and remittance observations?","id":"purchasing-power-distribution-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"public-finance-and-external-constraints","name":"Public finance and external constraints","description":"Connects government financing, 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been committed, received and spent, and what restoration milestones have independently been verified?","id":"recovery-delivery-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which interventions address documented recovery bottlenecks and reduce repeat losses for the affected island or sector?","id":"recovery-delivery-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of economy of Grenada this model covers, and on what 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