S?o Tomé and Príncipe graduation status

S?o Tomé and Príncipe graduated on 13 December 2024 (see the General Assembly resolution ).

(includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, S?o 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).

Other resources:

Joint 爆料网 Workshop in Support of S?o Tomé e Príncipe’s Graduation

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Document Title	Topic	Date
The least developed countries (LDCs) are vulnerable to exogenous economic, environmental and health-related shocks, such as the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to the low level of development of their productive capacities. The fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	01 August 2021
There is growing recognition that local organisations, people and communities need to lead or be meaningfully involved in the response to the climate, biodiversity and poverty crisis.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	31 July 2021
Twelve LDCs are set to graduate over the next few years.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	31 July 2021
"It may be time directly to start targeting the economic engine in LDCs rather than hoping that exposure to overseas markets will automatically spur development and resilience. Given the severity of the situation and the shortcomings of the approach so far, all options should be considered.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	30 July 2021
Taffere Tesfachew, member of the Committee for Development Policy and former 爆料网CTAD staff member, explains how the category of Least Developed Countries was created and how the United Nations works to support the group.		28 July 2021
Without much fanfare, on June 29, 2021, the member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) quietly agreed to extend the transition period for least-developed countries (LDCs) to implement the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) for another 13	Trade	27 July 2021
The European Commission has commissioned a study in support of an impact assessment to prepare the review of GSP Regulation No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (the generalised scheme of preferences, GSP).	Trade	26 July 2021
The road to LDC graduation in Timor-Leste The Covid-19 crisis hit Timor-Leste harder than many countries. (...) While the country remains an LDC the government should also use existing LDC-specific funds and facilities as fully as possible.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	30 June 2021
Governments must walk a fine line between taking action to save existing industrial firms and putting in place longer-term measures that build back better with more resilient industries, more able to resist shocks such as pandemics. Key policies that could drive the inclusive and sustainable indu	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	28 June 2021
This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Zambia’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Development cooperation and multilateralism	28 June 2021
This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Mozambique’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Finance, debt, macroeconomics	28 June 2021
This is a national companion guide to the publication The Business Guide for Sustainability in Foreign Investments. The companion guide presents an overview of Ethiopia’s environmental and social regulations for investment operations in agroprocessing and light manufacturing.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	28 June 2021
The European Commission is expected to present a formal proposal for the CBAM on 14 July.	Climate change and energy	25 June 2021
This paper provides an evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on least developed countries (LDCs) in Asia and the Pacific.	LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports	21 June 2021
This paper provides an evaluation of the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on least developed countries (LDCs) in Asia and the Pacific.	COVID-19	21 June 2021
Women across countries and regions face many obstacles that hamper their capacity to fully benefit from international trade and more generally from their participation in the economy. In the case of Least Developed Countries, such obstacles are magnified by persistent and acute development challe	Trade	08 June 2021
Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in Togo can protect them from the effects of crises and unleash their potential to trigger economic transformation. Drawing on data from the SME Competitiveness Survey, this report shows that Togolese businesses that fared better d	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	03 June 2021
Towards a resilience-building framework for monitoring countries graduating and graduated from the Least Developed Country category (CDP Background Paper No. 51) This paper provides conceptual inputs on a potential bi-modal monitoring framework for the Least Developed Country (LDC) category.	LDC data, criteria, CDP triennial reviews and procedures	01 June 2021
In 2021, the United Nations Committee on Development Policy will consider whether Bangladesh should graduate from ‘least developed country’ (LDC) status.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	31 May 2021
State of the Least Developed Countries 2021 - Building back better in response to COVID-19 The State of the Least Developed Countries 2021 report is a comprehensive assessment of where the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stand a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.	LDC Progress reports/Flagship reports	27 May 2021