São Tomé and Príncipe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2000/069, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: São Tomé and Príncipe is a small, island country with some 138,000 inhabitants; its resources are limited, and its GDP per capita is estimated at about US$295 (1998). The economy is heavily dependent on cocoa, which accounts for 96 percent of export goods. The country has liberalized the economy and reduced the role of government in productive activities in the 1990s. The government has successfully implemented a staff-monitored program in 1998–99 that has turned around the primary budget balance from a deficit to a surplus, reduced inflation, and has helped improve real GDP growth.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; São Tomé and Príncipe; tax; debt burden; cash payment; tariff reform; U.S. dollar; trade tax regime; customs taxation scheme; public enterprise; exchange rate development; year-on-year inflation; expansionary fiscal policy; stance of monetary policy; prudent fiscal policy; Debt service; Debt relief; Arrears; Exchange rates; Tariffs; West Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 119
Date: 2000-06-10
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