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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	Building productive capacities can avert a lost decade in the poorest countries - H.E. Perks Master Ligoya and Paul Akiwumi for OECD Development matters The COVID-19 crisis shook the very foundations of the international system, triggering an abrupt and severe global recession, which threatens to heighten economic contagion.While no country is spared, the coronavirus has hit the world’s poorest nations disproportionately. The 46 least developed c	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	20 Febrero 2021
	Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Aid for Trade There is a growing consensus that Official Development Assistance (ODA) alone won’t be enough to help least developed countries (LDCs) recover from COVID-19.		15 Febrero 2021
	Deciphering Doha: From Istanbul Priorities to Doha Commitments - UNCDF Capital Musings podcast In this brief series, our host Edoardo Tancioni walks us through the main elements of the Draft Doha Programme of Action, starting with how the introductory remarks set the stage for what will be the key priorities for LDCs over the next decade.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	11 Febrero 2021
	UNCTAD GSP Handbooks series The Generalized System of Preferences series of handbooks promotes greater awareness among exporters and government officials in developing countries on trading opportunities available under the GSP and other preferential trade arrangements and a better understanding of applicable rules and regulati	Trade	08 Febrero 2021
	Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: why should it involve the excluded LDCs? Mustafizur Rahman for OECD Development matters The world’s largest trading bloc, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), was signed in November 2020, counting 15 Asian member countries. Should the excluded countries, more specifically the low income and least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia, be worried about this development?	Trade	29 Enero 2021
	United Nations Support to Least Developed Countries The present report discusses how UN system entities and other related organizations (hereinafter collectively referred as UN system) organized themselves internally to support the LDCs, and provides an overview of how they have supported the LDCs in the context of the IPoA.		20 Enero 2021
	Towards a Smooth Transition Strategy for Bhutan - UNCTAD This report is intended to propose key elements for consideration by the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGB), its development and trading partners and other interested stakeholders as the country seeks to develop a national smooth-transition strategy.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	01 Enero 2021
	Manual: Mobilização de recursos para o comércio - Estratégias, sugestões e recursos (Quadro Integrado Reforçado) O Quadro Integrado Reforçado (QIR) elaborou este Manual de Mobilização de Recursos para fazer progredir o trabalho que está a realizar em conjunto com os seus estimados parceiros com vista a atrair e aumentar o financiamento para o desenvolvimento do comércio nos países menos avançados (PMA).	Development cooperation and multilateralism	31 Diciembre 2020
	Guide de Mobilisation de Resources pour le Commerce Guide pour la mobilisation de ressources pour le commerce. Mise a jour 2020.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	31 Diciembre 2020
	Vanuatu Smooth Transition Strategy Vanuatu graduated from the LDC category in December 2020. Following extensive national consultation and policy assessment, Vanuatu decided that the best transition strategy was to fully implement the National Sustainable Development Plan(NSDP) ("Vanuatu 2030, Peoples Plan”).		30 Diciembre 2020
	Advancing SDG 7 in Least Developed Countries Without urgent and enhanced action, the 47 least developed countries (LDCs) will not be able to reach the SDG 7 targets by 2030.	Climate change and energy	22 Diciembre 2020
	Blended Finance in LDCs 2020 Since 2018, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have collaborated on research and knowledge on blended finance in the least developed countries (LDCs), with the aim to contribute to the policy debate on blended fin	Finance, debt, macroeconomics	16 Diciembre 2020
	COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission.	Poverty, health, education, food security, employment, social security	15 Diciembre 2020
	Impact of COVID-19 and LDC Graduation Webinar for the WTO LDC Group The WTO LDC Group held a webinar on 8 December 2020 to discuss the trade and health impacts of COVID-19 on the LDCs that are on the path of graduation.	COVID-19	08 Diciembre 2020
	UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report 2020: Productive Capacities for the New Decade The least developed countries (LDCs) have so far been spared by the worst effects of the health emergency, yet the fallout from COVID-19 has taken its toll on their economies, threatening to roll back progress towards sustainable development, worsening entrenched inequalities, and possibly leading t	LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports	03 Diciembre 2020
	Health Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Graduating LDCs The report builds on the analysis carried out in the report "Trade impacts of LDC graduation" issued by WTO in May 2020. It was prepared by Pascale R. Leroueil, The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, under the auspices of the EIF-WTO Project on LDC Graduation	Trade	01 Diciembre 2020
	Trade Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Graduating LDCs - WTO Secretariat and EIF The report builds on the analysis carried out in the report "Trade impacts of LDC graduation" issued by WTO in May 2020. It was prepared by Dr. Emily Blanchard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Dr.	COVID-19	01 Diciembre 2020
	The end of the LDC transition period for pharmaceutical products under the TRIPS Agreement upon LDC graduation - Implications for Bangladesh "The objective of the report is to assess the impact of implementing patent protection for pharmaceutical products upon the graduation from LDC status on the further growth of the pharmaceutical industry of Bangladesh and the capacity of the government to ensure access to quality affordable med	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 Noviembre 2020
	Trade-related challenges of the LDCs and way forward: a draft for MC decision Communication from the mission of Chad on behalf of the LDC group on smooth transition in favour of countries graduating from the LDC category. (...) Against this background, the LDC Group is hereby submitting a proposal for a draft Ministerial decision (as annexed) for consideration of Members to	LDC graduation and smooth transition	17 Noviembre 2020
	Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Aid for Trade - EIF Trade Funding Insights There is a growing consensus that Official Development Assistance (ODA) alone won’t be enough to help least developed countries (LDCs) recover from COVID-19.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	14 Noviembre 2020

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