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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	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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十二月 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 十一月 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 十一月 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 十一月 2020
	Towards Sustainable Graduation of South Asian LDCs in the aftermath of COVID-19: Challenges, Prospects and Policy Lessons - UNESCAP Policy Brief Prepared as part of the UNESCAP Framework on Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19, and also under UNESCAP’s mandate for supporting countries with special needs in the Asia-Pacific region, this paper points out that South Asian LDCs have important avenues and options to enhance preparedness for gradua	LDC graduation and smooth transition	15 十月 2020
	The 38th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group. Report by the secretariat The 38th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group took place virtually from 17 to 21 August 2020.	Climate change and energy	14 十月 2020
	Extension of the transition period under TRIPs article 66.1 for least developed country members of the WTO - Communication from Chad on behalf of the LDC Group Thus, if the need for developing productive capacities is a permanent need for all LDCs, including graduating LDCs, the availability of a sound and viable technological base is indispensable.	Trade	01 十月 2020
	2020 Review of Progress of African LDCs (Review of Progress Made on the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020) The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has released its 2020 Review of progress made on the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020.		30 九月 2020
	Sustainable Graduation: International Support Measures for Graduating LDCs - Mustafizur Rahman, Debapriya Bhattacharya for The Commonwealth Several countries are to leave the group of least developed countries (LDCs) in the coming decade. Following ‘LDC graduation’, these countries will become ineligible for the international support measures (ISMs) they currently enjoy.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	07 九月 2020
	The need to extend the WTO TRIPS pharmaceuticals transition period for LDCs in the COVID-19 era: Evidence from Bangladesh (CDP Policy Review No. 10; Daniel Gay, Kevin Gallagher) Bangladesh is one of the most successful least developed countries (LDCs). The country has made such strides that in 2021 the United Nations Committee for Development Policy will consider whether it should graduate out of the LDC category altogether.	Trade	27 八月 2020
	Prioritising the Poor: LDCs and Trade in Covid-19-Related Medical Supplies (The Commonwealth) This issue of Trade Hot Topics analyses the trade flows in medical goods that matter for the fight against COVID-19 in Commonwealth LDCs.	COVID-19	03 八月 2020

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