From an introspective perspective, it is critical to examine what other features Dominica needs to realize these national development outcomes in order to effect responsibilities for the empowerment of people as a key means to achieve sustainable development in an environment that is growing more complex. The strategies proposed lay the foundation for prioritizing human needs, basic rights, and dignity in the growth and progression of a sustainable society through actions that are youth-led, gender-sensitive, and promotes healthy ageing, effective partnerships, and active participation of all. This enabling environment that empowers everyone in society will ensure that every individual, family and community, particularly but not only the poor and vulnerable, reach their full potential, is socially organized to undertake their own development, and is able to improve their social and economic position in order to contribute to national growth and development. In the next section, the need for a development focus on enhanced social function, self-reliance, increased income, improved access to support services, and gaining of skills, relationships and appropriate attitudes that will enable the Dominican society to better realize its goals and objectives is brought to bear. The growth and development plans outlined in previous sections provide opportunities to strategically link population and development issues to social protection and poverty reduction through financial inclusion interventions, capacity building, budgetary provisions, and other strategies that mutually reinforce development outcomes. The section advises for the translation of economic growth into social development that promotes suitable human qualities, strengthens social movements and fosters social harmony while tailoring strategies to fit the needs of families and communities. What stands out most is the trade-offs among economic growth, social protection provision and poverty reduction to elevate the status and capacities of individuals, households and communities to acceptable and adaptive levels that are attuned to the social development vision of Agenda 2030. There is a growing national commitment to social protection programming with observable impacts on gender equality, poverty, livelihood promotion and restoration, food security, education and health. However, clearly, improved access to services and widespread economic growth are not adequate to move people out of poverty or transform their livelihoods, there is a need to make explicit the nexus of economic and social development.