01653cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007919 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451835021 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Sao Tome and Principe : Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (119 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 Sao Tome and Principe is a small, island country with some 138,000 inhabitants; its resources are limited, and its GDP per capita is estimated at about USD 295 (1998). The economy is heavily dependent on cocoa, which accounts for 96 percent of export goods. The country has liberalized the economy and reduced the role of government in productive activities in the 1990s. The government has successfully implemented a staff-monitored program in 1998-99 that has turned around the primary budget balance from a deficit to a surplus, reduced inflation, and has helped improve real GDP growth. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/069 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2000/069/002.2000.issue-069-en.xml IMF e-Library