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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Summary of the webinar on the implications of LDC graduation for the textiles and clothing sector, 7 May 2021 - WTO The WTO, in cooperation with ITC, UNCTAD and UNDESA, organized a webinar on 7 May 2021. It kicked off an inter-agency collaboration to undertake an in-depth sectoral study on the implications of LDC graduation for the textiles and clothing (T&C) sector.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	07 mai 2021
Smooth transition for graduating LDCs under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 4 May 2021. Daniel Gay. It is widely accepted that least developed countries (LDCs) leaving the category need special measures to smooth the transition. The next graduates include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lao PDR and Solomon Islands, but others will soon follow.	Trade	04 mai 2021
Smooth Transition Strategy Guidance Note This STS guidance note, developed by UNDESA as the CDP Secretariat, is in response to the recommendations of the General Assembly and the follow-up actions proposed by the CDP on strengthening smooth transition measures and dedicated capacity building to help graduating and graduated countries prepa	LDC graduation and smooth transition	03 mai 2021
Amid cyclones and COVID-19, Vanuatu makes bold decision to graduate from ‘least developed country’ category - Violeta Gonzalez Behar and Michelle Kovacevic for OECD Development matters On 4 December 2020, Vanuatu shed its official classification as one of the world’s least developed countries (LDC). This significant milestone – called ‘graduation’ – is something that only five other countries have managed to achieve in the last 40 years.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 avril 2021
The 39th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group. Report by the secretariat The 39th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group took place virtually from 10 to 12 March 2021. The Group discussed progress in implementing its activities for 2020–2021 and in integrating a gender perspective into its work, and developed its work programme for 2021–2022.	Climate change and energy	30 avril 2021
Strengthening the resilience of LDCs in the wake of the Coronavirus disease pandemic: Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Report (UNESCAP) The year 2020 marked the end of the Fourth United Nations Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011−2020 or informally called the Istanbul Programme of Action.	LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports	27 avril 2021
Committee for Development Policy report 2021 The present report contains the main findings and recommendations of the Committee for Development Policy at its twenty-third session.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	22 avril 2021
Life after LDC Graduation: How is Bangladesh poised for EU GSP+? Debapriya Bhattacharya	Trade	21 avril 2021
Timor-Leste to Graduate from LDC Category and Beyond through Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification - Helder Lopes for UNESCAP Since independence in 2002 Timor-Leste has emerged from instability and significant erosion of development gains to successfully graduate from fragility status, meet the least developed country (LDC) graduation per-capita income criterion in 2015 since the country was added to the list of LDC in 200	LDC graduation and smooth transition	16 avril 2021
Comprehensive Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Least Developed Country Category This study was prepared by the Committee for Development Policy in response to the request from the Economic and Social Council (E/RES/2020/10) to undertake a comprehensive study on the impact of COVID-19 on the least developed country category.	COVID-19	13 avril 2021
Structural Transformation, LDC Graduation and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Policy Options for Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar, Anisuzzaman Chowdhury for UNESCAP This paper has four objectives.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	12 avril 2021
Estimating the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Asia-Pacific LDCs This technical note provides a brief review of global poverty estimates of the impact of the pandemic and proposes a new estimate for Asia-Pacific LDCs.	COVID-19	31 mars 2021
Structural Transformation in Graduating Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDCs) The Pacific least developed countries (LDCs) are not industrialising. Most of the shift in economic output over the past 20 years has been toward services and away from agriculture. Almost all new jobs created have been in services.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	24 mars 2021
UNCDF Capital Musings Podcast: LDCs are the Crucible of the SDGs Ambassador Perks Ligoya, Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations and leader of the LDC Group, explains why foreign direct investment, official development assistance, innovative financing mechanisms and productive capacity are critical for helping the world’s Least Developed Countri		18 mars 2021
UNCTAD Handbooks on Market Access and Rules of Origin for LDCs A three-part series of handbooks on Duty-free Quota-free Market Access and Rules of Origin for Least Developed Countries. Part I refers to QUAD countries (namely Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States of America). Part II covers other developing and developed countries. Par	Trade	02 mars 2021
UNDESA Ex ante assessments of the impacts of graduation from the LDC category Assessments of potential impacts of graduation from the LDC category, prepared by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) for the Committee for Development Policy.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	27 février 2021
The least developed countries need to strengthen and broaden State capacity to operationalize policy space and achieve development goals - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 95 State capacity – the ability to formulate public policies and accomplish policy goals – has been a crucial element of all successful development experiences. State capacity in the least developed countries has been continuously eroded since the 1980s, especially due to external economic and pol	Human rights, governance, institutions, conflict	24 février 2021
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 février 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 février 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 février 2021