01676cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014132 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475547009 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (137 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 discusses Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (NPRS-II) (2012-2016) for Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. A comparison of the results of the 2000 and 2010 poverty profile, based on the average income method, shows that there was progress in reducing poverty, albeit far less than expected. The ratio of the incidence of poverty decreased from 53.8 percent in 2000 to 49.6 percent in 2010, representing a reduction of 4.2 percentage points, which is far below the target set in the NPRS-I for 2010, and also shows relative improvement in the depth of poverty. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/009 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2014/009/002.2014.issue-009-en.xml IMF e-Library