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

CDP monitoring report, 2025
Evaluation Report of the Graduation Process of São Tomé and Príncipe from the List of LDCs
São Tomé and Príncipe's graduated country fact sheet (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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	Investment Policies in LDCs - Trends since the LDC IV Conference in 2011 - UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor Special Issue 7 At the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV), which took place in Istanbul in May 2011, the member States of the United Nations recognized the need to mobilize financial resources for development and capacity-building in order to support LDCs.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	03 Marzo 2022
	Soaring debt burden jeopardizes recovery of least developed countries - UNCTAD LDC Chart of the month March 2022 Well before the COVID-19 outbreak, UNCTAD had repeatedly warned about the rapid debt build-up in developing countries, including the least developed countries (LDCs), highlighting associated risks for their debt sustainability outlook.		03 Marzo 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Bangladesh Bangladesh achieved robust economic growth, between 6-8% annually during 2015-2019, and a positive growth of 3.5% in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Government balance decreased by 5.5%, Taking active responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to protect the living conditions of the population.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Lao PDR Lao PDR had robust economic growth, averaging over 6% per annum over 2015-2019, but the growth slowed down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - Nepal The CDP found that, despite fast growth in recent years, Nepal’s GNI per capita is still below the graduation threshold. The income growth was also hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially due to the large impacts on the tourism sector.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - São Tomé and Príncipe The CDP takes note of the fact that Sao Tome and Principe has, with external support, been able to effectively mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - São Tomé and Príncipe The CDP takes note of the fact that Sao Tome and Principe has, with external support, been able to effectively mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands continues to meet the GNI and HAI criteria and is making slow but steady progress on both indicators.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - Vanuatu Vanuatu was heavily affected by Cyclone Harold and COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Service export (tourism), major income source of the country, has reduced significantly, but the economy is expected to rebound to growth 4-4.5% in coming years.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports - Bhutan Bhutan saw robust economic growth over the decade 2010 and 2019 with more than 5% average annual GDP growth. This growth was also translated into substantial reductions in poverty. The country meets all graduation criteria and continues to make steady progress on GNI and HAI.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	Least Developed Countries react to the IPCC’s Working Group II report: “Our vulnerabilities are laid bare” Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group, representing 46 of the poorest countries that are most vulnerable to climate change while being least responsible for it, comments on the Working Group II report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.	Climate change and energy	28 Febrero 2022
	CDP Monitoring Reports 2022 - Angola The CDP takes note that the pandemic has aggravated the overall macro-economic situation in Angola, leading to the fifth consecutive year of economic recession in 2020 and continuing debt unsustainability.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	28 Febrero 2022
	Réaction des Pays les moins avancés au rapport du Groupe de travail II du GIEC : « Nos vulnérabilités sont mises à nu » Madeleine Diouf SARR, présidente du groupe des Pays les moins avancés (PMA), qui représente 46 des pays les plus pauvres, les plus vulnérables au changement climatique tout en étant les moins responsables de ce phénomène, a commenté le rapport du Groupe de travail II du Groupe d’experts intergouvern	Climate change and energy	28 Febrero 2022
	The least developed countries need a new generation of international support measures to face the development challenges of the 2020s - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 97 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the least developed countries had fallen behind other country groups, including other developing countries.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	24 Febrero 2022
	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	23 Febrero 2022
	A new programme of action for Commonwealth LDCs - Progress, challenges and priorities (document) - The Commonwealth The Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA), which ran from 2011 to 2020, set out a vision and strategy for sustainable development in least developed countries (LDCs) by seeking to overcome some of their persistent development challenges. This report takes stock of the progress made and the challeng	Trade	23 Febrero 2022
	Compendium of technical notes prepared for the Least Developed Countries WTO group on preferential rules of origin - UNCTAD This compendium contains the main notes and technical materials that have been prepared by UNCTAD on requests by the WTO LDCs group to support the ongoing progress to implement paragraph (b) of annex F of the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Decision “Ensure that preferential Rules of Origin applicable to	Trade	21 Febrero 2022
	Towards a Commonwealth 10-point programme of action for LDCs Over the past decade, the IPoA’s ambitious policy agenda sought to address many of these constraints. Despite progress during the IPoA, some of which has been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the LDC development agenda remains unfinished.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	17 Febrero 2022
	Why the least developed countries of the Commonwealth are doing better at trade, Brendan Vickers, Salamat Ali and Neil Balchin for OECD Development Matters In 2020, the share of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in world trade remained at just 1%. Although the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for LDCs and SDG target 17.11 both sought to double LDCs’ share of global exports by 2020, the world’s 47 LDCs missed the target.	Trade	16 Febrero 2022
	Financing Local Adaptation to Climate Change: an Introduction to Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants Building on two decades of experience in local development finance, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has established the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) to address the unfunded mandate of local governments in addressing climate change adaptation. Local governments in least d	Climate change and energy	08 Febrero 2022

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