Democratic Republic of São Tomé And Príncipe : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
Title:
Democratic Republic of São Tomé And Príncipe : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
Author:
African Dept., International Monetary Fund.
ISBN:
9781484347911
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (138 pages)
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Contents:
Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INDEX OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS -- 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS OF NPRS-I IMPLEMENTATION -- 3. FEATURES OF THE CURRENT PROFILE OF POVERTY -- 4. OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION -- 4.1. Good governance and management of public assets -- 4.1.1. Political governance -- 4.1.2. Judicial governance -- 4.1.3. Administrative governance -- 4.1.4. Local governance -- 4.1.5. Financial governance and transparency in public financial management -- 4.2 Analysis of the macroeconomic framework and the productive sectors -- 4.2.1 Macroeconomic framework -- Economic growth -- 4.2.2. Change in the production sectors and the business climate -- 4.3. Social sectors, poverty, and Millennium Development Goals -- 4.3.1. Performance of the basic social sectors -- 4.3.2. Cross-cutting sectors -- 4.4. Trends with respect to achieving the Millennium Development Goals -- 5. MEDIUM-TERM VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -- 5.1. Challenges and medium-term vision -- 5.2. Strategic objectives -- 6. FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY AND PRIORITY PROGRAMS -- 7. PILLAR I: REFORM ING GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE STRATEGY OF GOVERNANCE -- 7.1. Consolidation of government authority and strengthening of good governance -- 7.1.1. Program: Restructuring government and public administration -- 7.1.2. Program: Promoting local governance -- 7.1.3. Program: Promoting national defense -- 7.1.4. Program: Guaranteeing public safety -- 7.1.5. Program: Reforming the electoral system -- 7.1.6. Program: Improving the credibility of and access to justice -- 7.1.7. Program: Ongoing training for human resources in public administration -- 7.2. Promoting responsible management of public finances -- 7.2.1. Program: Public financial management.
7.2.2. Program: Improving the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance -- 7.2.3. Program: Improving the information and public policy guidelines system -- 7.3. Promoting access to information and knowledge and citizen participation -- 7.3.1. Program: Accessibility of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) -- 7.3.2. Program: Promoting the mass media -- 7.3.3. Program: Promoting civil society and its participatory involvement -- 8. PILLAR II: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED ECONOMIC GROWTH -- 8.1. Developing the primary sector -- 8.1.1. Program: Promoting the production and productivity of export crops -- 8.1.2. Program: Increasing and improving the quality of animal production -- 8.1.3. Program: Increasing and improving the quality of fish production -- 8.1.4. Program: Promoting a healthy environment and rational use of natural resources -- 8.1.5. Program: Guaranteeing food security -- 8.2. Improving the environment for the private sector and strengthening performance in the tertiary sector -- 8.2.1. Program: Promoting the private sector as a viable option for development of the national economy -- 8.2.2. Program: Promoting tourism and related activities -- 8.2.3. Program: Integrating the economy in the subregion and in the multilateral trade system -- 8.2.4. Program: Developing the oil industry -- 8.2.5. Program: National program to support microfinance -- 8.3. Developing transportation networks and infrastructures -- 8.3.1. Program: Road transport infrastructure -- 8.3.2. Program: Maritime transport infrastructures -- 8.3.3. Program: Airport modernization and expansion -- 8.4. Strengthening access to infrastructures to support development -- 8.4.1. Program: Providing reliable and low-cost energy -- 8.4.2. Program: Promoting and developing the telecommunications network -- 8.4.3. Program: Land use planning and urban planning.
8.4.4. Program: Constructing low cost housing -- 8.5. Mainstreaming climate change issues in the country's policies -- 9. PILLAR III: DEVELOPING HUMAN CAPITAL AND IMPROVING BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES -- 9.1. Improving access, equity, and quality in the system of education and training -- 9.1.1. Program - Preschool education -- 9.1.2. Program - Basic education -- 9.1.3. Program - Secondary education -- 9.1.4. Program - Special education -- 9.1.5. Program - Higher education -- 9.1.6. Program - Technical vocational education -- 9.1.7. Program - Continuing education/literacy -- 9.2. Improving access to and quality of health, the water supply, and basic sanitation -- 9.2.1. Program: Equitable access to and use of healthcare and viability of the healthcare system -- 9.2.2. Program: Rehabilitation, expansion, and improvement of water supply systems -- 9.2.3. Program: Improving access to basic sanitation -- 10. PILLAR IV: STRENGTHENING SOCIAL COHESION AND PROTECTION -- 10.1 Promoting citizenship and social equity -- 10.1.1 Program: Developing and preserving the historical and cultural identity of São Tomé and Príncipe -- 10.1.2 Program: Promoting gender equality and equity -- 10.1.3 Programs: Promoting youth and sport -- 10.2 Social assistance and social protection -- 10.2.1 Program: Development of the social protection system -- 11. PRIORITY AREAS -- 12. MACROECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR 2012-2016 -- 12.1 International macroeconomic prospects -- 12.2 Domestic macroeconomic prospects -- 12.2.1 Base scenario -- 12.2.2 Alternative scenario (nonoil) -- 12.3 Risks -- 13. IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION MECHANISM -- 13.1 Organization figure for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation -- Ministerial Council -- National Advisory Council -- Technical Coordination Commission -- Poverty Reduction Observatory -- Focal Points.
13.2 Implementation and monitoring of the strategy -- 13.3 Monitoring and evaluation system -- 13.4. Dissemination of information for monitoring and assessment of results -- 13.4.1 Disclosure of information -- 13.4.2 Ways and means of disseminating information -- ANNEXES -- Tables and figures -- List of tables -- Table 1. São Tomé and Príncipe: Distribution of monetary poverty (%) 2000-2010 -- Table 2. São Tomé and Príncipe: Distribution of monetary poverty (%) 2010 -- Table 3. São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty indices by gender of head of household -- Table 4. São Tomé and Príncipe: Average spending on health and education (%) -- Table 5. São Tomé and Príncipe: Literacy rates by level of poverty -- Table 6. São Tomé and Príncipe: Real GDP growth by sector activity and sectoral contribution to GDP (%) -- Table 7. São Tomé and Príncipe: Public investment program by sector of activity (% of total) -- Table 8. São Tomé and Príncipe: Change in unemployment and underemployment rates (%) -- Table 9. São Tomé and Príncipe: Agricultural production, 2000-2009 (metric tons) -- Table 10. São Tomé and Príncipe: Changes in national livestock numbers and domestic meat production volume, 2005-2010 -- Table 11. São Tomé and Príncipe: Number of fishing boats and catches, 2005-2007 -- Table 12. São Tomé and Príncipe: Volume of trees felled, 2000-2003 (m[sup(3)]) -- Table 13. São Tomé and Príncipe: Entry of tourists and sightseers, 2000-2010 -- Table 14. São Tomé and Príncipe: Business climate ranking -- Table 15 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Indicators of the effectiveness of basic education (2007/2008) -- Table 16 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Summary of basic welfare indicators: health (%) -- Table 17 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate -- Table 18 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Rate of access to drinking water (2001-2006).
Table 19 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Environmental sanitation coverage (2001 and 2006) -- Table 20 - São Tomé and Príncipe: Millennium Development Goals -- List of figures -- Figure 1 - Distribution of poverty by socioeconomic group, 2010 (Percentages) -- Figure 2 - Rate of unemployment of individuals aged 15 and over, by poverty status -- Figure 3 - Inequality index (Gini Index) -- Figure 4 - Real GDP growth (Percentages) -- Figure 5 - Annual change in the CPI -- Figure 6 - Changes in primary income and expenses -- Figure 7 - Change in the primary balance -- Figure 8 - Changes in the monetary gap -- Figure 9 - Changes in the External Debt -- Figure 10 - Changes in the current account balance -- Figure 11 - Exchange rate volatility (2001-2011) -- Figure 12 - Reference interest rate -- Figure 13 - Job creation by sector of activity (Percentages) -- Figure 14 - Small-scale and semi-industrial fishing catch in STP, 2001-2010.
Abstract:
Executive SummaryThe first NPRS was drafted in 2002 and the authorities promised to reduce the percentage of theSaotomean population living in poverty (53.8 percent) by half in 2010 and by two-thirds in 2015,and to decrease the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty from 15.1 percent to4.9 percent.In December 2005 a Priority Action Program (PAP 2006-2008) was submitted to the partners atthe Brussels Round Table with a view to forming a partnership for good governance and povertyreduction that would make it possible to respond to the need to achieve the MillenniumDevelopment Goals. This exercise in negotiating with technical and financial partners wascontinued at the sectoral round tables held in São Tomé in December 2006 and a CoordinationMeeting held in Santo António in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe in October 2007. Despitethese initiatives, implementation of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS-I) fell shortof expectations, as evidenced by the progress reports and impact assessments for the policies andprograms implemented.In light of this situation and the challenges faced in pursuing poverty reduction actions, SãoTomé and Príncipe took the initiative to draft an updated National Poverty Reduction Strategy(NPRS-II) for the purpose of refocusing poverty reduction interventions for the period 2012-2016.To that end, the present National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (NPRS-II) is informed by theparticipatory spirit and process that guided the preparation of the NPRS-I and is linked andcoordinated with previous policy and planning instruments to create a new strategic framework,which incorporates a number of changes that have occurred at the national and internationalspheres, as well as new policy guidelines and concerns expressed by both the cooperationpartners and the beneficiaries. This strategy is the result of a
long process, which seeks toreconcile São Tomé's aspirations with the opinions of the different national, regional, and districtpublic institutions, as well as nongovernmental organizations, technical and financial partners,the private sector, and organized civil society.
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