Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Update

Volume/Issue: Volume 2005 Issue 334
Publication date: September 2005
ISBN: 9781451835076
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Taxation - General , Public Policy - Social Services and Welfare , ISCR , CR , state , State General budget approval , State treasury , state's functioning , private sector , revenue , São Toméan government , government program , regulation authority , governments of Sao Tome and Principe , Poverty reduction strategy , Poverty reduction and development , Oil , gas and mining taxes , Global

Summary

This paper presents an update to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. It discusses that a tendency toward continual growth of the unemployment levels was verified in the urban region between 2000 and 2003 while during the same period, a tendency of continual decrease in the rural zone was detected, with a few variations. The variation rate of unemployment in the urban zone during the period between 2000 and 2003 was 48 percent while the variation rate of unemployment in the rural region was 16.5 percent.