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  "title": "São Tomé and Príncipe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues",
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  "summary": "São Tomé and Príncipe is a small, island country with some 138,000 inhabitants; its resources are limited, and its GDP per capita is estimated at about US$295 (1998). The economy is heavily dependent on cocoa, which accounts for 96 percent of export goods.",
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      "content": "- São Tomé and Príncipe is a small, island country with some 138,000 inhabitants.\n- GDP per capita is estimated at about US$295 (1998).\n- The economy is heavily dependent on cocoa, which accounts for 96 percent of export goods.\n- The economy was liberalized and the role of government in productive activities was reduced in the 1990s."
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      "content": "- The government successfully implemented a staff-monitored program in 1998–99.\n- Program outcomes included:\n  - Turnaround of the primary budget balance from a deficit to a surplus.\n  - Reduced inflation.\n  - Helped improve real GDP growth."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Arrears, Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Debt service, Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, Tariffs, Taxes\n- Keywords: Africa, Arrears, cash payment, CR, customs taxation scheme, debt burden, Debt relief, Debt service, exchange rate development, Exchange rates, expansionary fiscal policy, ISCR, prudent fiscal policy, public enterprise, São Tomé and Príncipe, stance of monetary policy, tariff reform, Tariffs, tax, trade tax regime, U.S. dollar, West Africa, year-on-year inflation\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Sao Tome and Pricipe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues - ISCR/00/69\n  - Sao Tome and Pricipe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues - ISCR/00/69 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Sao Tome and Pricipe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues - ISCR/00/69 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
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    "GDP per capita is estimated at about US$295 (1998).",
    "The economy is heavily dependent on cocoa, which accounts for 96 percent of export goods.",
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    "The government successfully implemented a staff-monitored program in 1998–99.",
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    "Subjects: Arrears, Asset and liability management, Debt relief, Debt service, Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, Tariffs, Taxes",
    "Keywords: Africa, Arrears, cash payment, CR, customs taxation scheme, debt burden, Debt relief, Debt service, exchange rate development, Exchange rates, expansionary fiscal policy, ISCR, prudent fiscal policy, public enterprise, São Tomé and Príncipe, stance of monetary policy, tariff reform, Tariffs, tax, trade tax regime, U.S. dollar, West Africa, year-on-year inflation",
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