Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: Debt Relief at the Completion Point Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and Under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative

International Monetary Fund

No 2007/173, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper examines the consideration of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe’s debt relief at the completion point under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Debt Relief under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. Lower-than-projected export receipts largely owing to drought conditions and lower-than-expected tourism receipts, changes in cross-currency exchange rates, and variations in discount rates have been all unambiguously exogenous and outside the control of the authorities. There is need for continued fiscal prudence, policies to support broad-based growth and export diversification, continued donor support, and prudent debt management.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; U.S. dollar; São Tomé and Príncipe authorities; current account; long-term debt; NPV of debt-to-exports ratio; public expenditure; MDRI debt relief; Hipc assistance; public finance; IMF staff estimate; Sãotoméan authorities; organic law; staff estimate; government contract; Debt relief; Debt service; Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt; Oil; Oil production; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 77
Date: 2007-05-15
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