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17.5%. so, look... one of the great problems that we have had now is being able to find jobs across the board. and because of the implosion in the private economy in particular, what we're doing is trying to run a cyclical fiscal deficit, a lot of fancy language for the fact the government will have to step in and create the projects in order to be able to allow people to go forward. we also recognise that barbados is simply a hub on this globe and therefore we are not looking only to the economic activity within barbados to create opportunity for our young people to get work and it is to that...

And that is exactly what we have been doing. but you can't produce food without water. what have we been doing? the government has spent just under $10 million doing a series of dams across the country so that what we are responding to first and foremost is correcting decades of ignoring the critical aspects that are necessary in order to increase food production. we have had some interruptions. the worst ash fall in 119 years and the worst hurricane in 66. i would call it a trifecta. a triple whammy. so you need to cut your prime minister some slack. we're opposite the garrison where the hors...

Let's give out the figure. it is about 32% as opposed to the national average of 17%. the national about 17.5%. the first time a politician goes up, rather than down. 17.5%. so, look...one of the great problems that we have had now is being able to find jobs across the board. and because of the implosion in the private economy in particular, what we're doing is trying to run a cyclical fiscal deficit, in other words a lot of fancy language for the fact the government will have to step in and create the projects in order to be able to allow people to go forward. we also recognise that barbados ...

That will do, thank you. let's go to our next question. good afternoon. prime minister mia mottley, what measure would you put in place to help with youth unemployment? let's give out the figure. it is about 32% as opposed to the national average of 17%. the national about 17.5%. the first time a politician goes up, not down. 17.5%. so, look... one of the great problems that we have had now is being able to find jobs across the board. and because of the implosion in the private economy in particular, what we're doing

The national about 17.5%. the first time a politician goes up, not down. 17.5%. so, look... one of the great problems that we have had now is being able to find jobs across the board. and because of the implosion in the private economy in particular, what we're doing is trying to run a cyclical fiscal deficit, a lot of fancy language for the fact the government will have to step in and create the projects in order to be able to allow people to go forward. we also recognise that barbados is simply a hub on this globe and therefore we are not looking only to the economic activity within barbados...