Sao Tome and Principe : 2001 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sao Tome and Principe

This paper assesses the 2001 Article IV Consultation and Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Sao Tome and Principe. Fiscal slippages, delays in structural reforms, and governance problems during the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first three quarters of 2001 led to the program going off track. The key...

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Corporate Author:	International Monetary Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002
Series:	IMF Staff Country Reports ; Country Report No. 02/30 IMF eLibrary
Subjects:	Actual debt Balance of payments Bilateral agreements Bilateral creditors Bilateral debt Bilateral donors Budget balance Budget expenditure Budget law Budget system Central bank Credit tranche Current account balance Current account deficit Current account Debt burden Debt obligations Debt outstanding Debt relief Debt rescheduling Debt service Debt sustainability Debt-service obligations Discount rate Domestic debt Domestic financing Domestic savings External borrowing External borrowings External debt burden External debt service External debt External financing External liabilities External loans External payment External payments arrears External payments External public debt External resources External shocks Foreign aid Foreign debt General resources account Inflation International liquidity Long-term debt Monetary accounts Monetary authorities Monetary data Monetary fund Monetary policy Monetary statistics Monetary survey Monetary system Monetary union Money market Money stock Money supply Multilateral creditors National bank Nonconcessional debt Official reserves Open market operations Payment arrears Private banks Public debt Public external debt Public sector management Quasi money Reserve assets Reserve requirement Reserve requirements São Tomé and Príncipe Short-term debt Total external debt Nigeria