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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Monetary Fund. African Department.

Contributor:

International Monetary Fund, editor, issuing body.

Series:

IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/009

IMF Staff Country Reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Sao Tome and Principe--Prevention.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INDEX OF TABLES AND FIGURES; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS; 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS OF NPRS-I IMPLEMENTATION; 3. FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PROFILE OF POVERTY; Tables and figures; List of tables; Table 1. São Tomé and Príncipe: Distribution of monetary poverty (%) 2000-2010; Table 2. São Tomé and Príncipe: Distribution of monetary poverty (%) 2010; Table 3. São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty indices by gender of head of household; List of figures; Figure 1 - Distribution of poverty by socioeconomic group, 2010 (Percentages)

Figure 2 - Rate of unemployment of individuals aged 15 and over, by poverty status Table 4. São Tomé and Príncipe: Average spending on health and education (%); Table 5. São Tomé and Príncipe: Literacy rates by level of poverty; Figure 3 - Inequality index (Gini Index); 4. OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION; 4.1. Good governance and management of public assets; 4.1.1. Political governance; 4.1.2. Judicial governance; 4.1.3. Administrative governance; 4.1.4. Local governance; 4.1.5. Financial governance and transparency in public financial management

4.2 Analysis of the macroeconomic framework and the productive sectors 4.2.1 Macroeconomic framework; Economic growth; Figure 4 - Real GDP growth (Percentages); Table 6. São Tomé and Príncipe: Real GDP growth by sector activity and sectoral contribution to GDP (%); Figure 5 - Annual change in the CPI; Figure 6 - Changes in primary income and expenses; Figure 7 - Change in the primary balance; Figure 8 - Changes in the monetary gap; Table 7. São Tomé and Príncipe: Public investment program by sector of activity (% of total); Figure 9 - Changes in the External Debt

Figure 10 - Changes in the current account balance Figure 11 - Exchange rate volatility (2001-2011); Figure 12 - Reference interest rate; 4.2.2. Change in the production sectors and the business climate; Table 8. São Tomé and Príncipe: Change in unemployment and underemployment rates (%); Figure 13 - Job creation by sector of activity (Percentages); Table 9. São Tomé and Príncipe: Agricultural production, 2000-2009 (metric tons); Table 10. São Tomé and Príncipe: Changes in national livestock numbers and domestic meat production volume, 2005-2010

Table 11. São Tomé and Príncipe: Number of fishing boats and catches, 2005-2007 Figure 14 - Small-scale and semi-industrial fishing catch in STP, 2001-2010; Table 12. São Tomé and Príncipe: Volume of trees felled, 2000-2003 (m[sup(3)]); Table 13. São Tomé and Príncipe: Entry of tourists and sightseers, 2000-2010; Table 14. São Tomé and Príncipe: Business climate ranking; 4.3. Social sectors, poverty, and Millennium Development Goals; 4.3.1. Performance of the basic social sectors; Table 15 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Indicators of the effectiveness of basic education (2007/2008)

Table 16 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Summary of basic welfare indicators: health (%)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2014).

ISBN:

9781484347430

1484347439

9781484347140

1484347145

9781484347911

1484347919

OCLC:

870228402