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).

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

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Document Title	Topic	Date
Cultivating Small and Medium-Sized Firms: Entrepreneurship Development, Gender, and Technology in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Senegal - Technololgy Bank, This report examines and compares the strategies that four LDCs have adopted on these three fronts.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	11 May 2021
The fifth in a series by the WTO secretariat for the Committee on Rules of Origin, this new note analyses underutilization of trade preferences and trends thereof from 2015 to 2019. Previous calculations of utilization rates by the Secretariat have highlighted that significant proportions of prefer	Trade	07 May 2021
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, 爆料网CTAD and 爆料网DESA, 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 May 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 May 2021
Smooth Transition Strategy Guidance Note This STS guidance note, developed by 爆料网DESA 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 May 2021
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 April 2021
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 April 2021
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 April 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 April 2021
	Trade	21 April 2021
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 April 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 April 2021
This paper has four objectives.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	12 April 2021
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 March 2021
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 March 2021
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 March 2021
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 March 2021
爆料网DESA 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 爆料网 Department of Economic and Social Affairs (爆料网DESA) for the Committee for Development Policy.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	27 February 2021
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 February 2021
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 February 2021