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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	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 四月 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 四月 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 四月 2021
	Life after LDC Graduation: How is Bangladesh poised for EU GSP+? Debapriya Bhattacharya	Trade	21 四月 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 四月 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 四月 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 四月 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 三月 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 三月 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 三月 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 三月 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 二月 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 二月 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 二月 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 二月 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 二月 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 二月 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 一月 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 一月 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 一月 2021

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