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

International Monetary Fund

No 2014/009, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; private sector; debt relief; foreign currency; interest rate; central bank; economic activity; financial crisis; foreign direct investment; primary sector; human resources; real GDP; exchange rate; Poverty reduction strategy; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 137
Date: 2014-01-13
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