01647cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003801 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451835076 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper; Update. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (74 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper presents an update to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. 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. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/334 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2005/334/002.2005.issue-334-en.xml IMF e-Library