São Tomé and Príncipe graduated on 13 December 2024 (see the General Assembly resolution here).

São Tomé and Príncipe's LDC Profile (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, São Tomé and Príncipe's performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessment of the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profile, country statement to the CDP and CDP monitoring reports).

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	Implementation, effectiveness and added value of smooth transition measures and graduation support - Report of the Secretary-General The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 73/242, by which the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a progress report on the implementation, effectiveness and added value of smooth transition measures covering both gradu	LDC graduation and smooth transition	06 Agosto 2021
	Enhancing productive capacities and transforming least developed country economies through institution-building: Upcoming United Nations conferences and the way forward (Policy Brief No. 88) The least developed countries (LDCs) are vulnerable to exogenous economic, environmental and health-related shocks, such as the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to the low level of development of their productive capacities. The fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	01 Agosto 2021
	Follow the money: tracking Least Developed Countries’ adaptation finance to the local level There is growing recognition that local organisations, people and communities need to lead or be meaningfully involved in the response to the climate, biodiversity and poverty crisis.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	31 Julio 2021
	South-South Ideas - Least Developed Country Graduation: Can South-South Cooperation Have a Positive Impact on Trade and Finance? UNOSSC/UNDP and UNDP - Rahman, Bhattacharya Twelve LDCs are set to graduate over the next few years.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	31 Julio 2021
	The need directly to target sustainable productive capacity in least developed countries (Daniel Gay) "It may be time directly to start targeting the economic engine in LDCs rather than hoping that exposure to overseas markets will automatically spur development and resilience. Given the severity of the situation and the shortcomings of the approach so far, all options should be considered.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	30 Julio 2021
	UNCDF Capital Musings Podcast: A Brief History of the LDCs Taffere Tesfachew, member of the Committee for Development Policy and former UNCTAD staff member, explains how the category of Least Developed Countries was created and how the United Nations works to support the group.		28 Julio 2021
	Least Developed Countries have 13 years to meet global trade rules, but still lack critical flexibility at the WTO - Rachel Thrasher for OECD Development matters Without much fanfare, on June 29, 2021, the member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) quietly agreed to extend the transition period for least-developed countries (LDCs) to implement the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) for another 13	Trade	27 Julio 2021
	Study in support of an impact assessment to prepare the review of GSP Regulation No. 978/2012 Final Report. Volume 1. Main report. The European Commission has commissioned a study in support of an impact assessment to prepare the review of GSP Regulation No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (the generalised scheme of preferences, GSP).	Trade	26 Julio 2021
	The road to LDC graduation in Timor-Leste The Covid-19 crisis hit Timor-Leste harder than many countries. (...) While the country remains an LDC the government should also use existing LDC-specific funds and facilities as fully as possible.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 Junio 2021
	COVID-19 pandemic: threats to SMEs in poorest nations require swift policy action - Frank Hartwich and Jenny Larsen for OECD Development matters Governments must walk a fine line between taking action to save existing industrial firms and putting in place longer-term measures that build back better with more resilient industries, more able to resist shocks such as pandemics. Key policies that could drive the inclusive and sustainable indu	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	28 Junio 2021
	Zambia: Sustainable Investment Requirements This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Zambia’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	28 Junio 2021
	Mozambique: Sustainable Investment Requirements - ITC This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Mozambique’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Finance, debt, macroeconomics	28 Junio 2021
	Ethiopia: Sustainable Investment Requirements This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Ethiopia’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	28 Junio 2021
	What Can Least Developed Countries and Other Climate Vulnerable Countries Expect from The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)? The European Commission is expected to present a formal proposal for the CBAM on 14 July.	Climate change and energy	25 Junio 2021
	Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries: A Review of Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action and Way Forward This paper provides an evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on least developed countries (LDCs) in Asia and the Pacific.	LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports	21 Junio 2021
	COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific LDCs: Impacts, challenges, gaps and way forward This paper provides an evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on least developed countries (LDCs) in Asia and the Pacific.	COVID-19	21 Junio 2021
	Trade and Gender in LDCs - UNCTAD and EIF Women across countries and regions face many obstacles that hamper their capacity to fully benefit from international trade and more generally from their participation in the economy. In the case of Least Developed Countries, such obstacles are magnified by persistent and acute development challe	Trade	08 Junio 2021
	Promoting SME Competitiveness in Togo: A resilient foundation for transformative growth Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in Togo can protect them from the effects of crises and unleash their potential to trigger economic transformation. Drawing on data from the SME Competitiveness Survey, this report shows that Togolese businesses that fared better d	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	03 Junio 2021
	Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the Least Developed Country category (CDP Background Paper No. 51) This paper provides conceptual inputs on a potential bi-modal monitoring framework for the Least Developed Country (LDC) category.	LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures	01 Junio 2021
	The Social Costs of Graduating from Least Developed Country Status: Analyzing the impact of increased protection on insulin prices in Bangladesh (GEGI Working Paper 038) In 2021, the United Nations Committee on Development Policy will consider whether Bangladesh should graduate from ‘least developed country’ (LDC) status.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	31 Mayo 2021

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Photo Sergio Pires Vieira