Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

January 13, 2014

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Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (NPRS-II) (2012–2016) for Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. A comparison of the results of the 2000 and 2010 poverty profile, based on the average income method, shows that there was progress in reducing poverty, albeit far less than expected. The ratio of the incidence of poverty decreased from 53.8 percent in 2000 to 49.6 percent in 2010, representing a reduction of 4.2 percentage points, which is far below the target set in the NPRS-I for 2010, and also shows relative improvement in the depth of poverty.

Subject: Education, Health, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction strategy

Keywords: Central bank, CR, Debt relief, Economic activity, Exchange rate, Financial crisis, Foreign currency, Foreign direct investment, Global, Human resources, Interest rate, ISCR, Poverty reduction strategy, Primary sector, Private sector, Real GDP, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

137
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2014/009
Stock No:

1STPEA2014002
ISBN:

9781475547009
ISSN:

1934-7685

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