São Tomé and Príncipe has maintained macroeconomic stability in the period since previous ECF review (February 2021). International support authorities’ swift actions helped mitigate impact of pandemic so far. Growth is estimated at 3 percent 2020, supported by externally-financed spending. projected to slow 2 2021, reflecting delays return tourists, strengthen 2022. The economic outlook subjec...

Based on the 2021 presidential elections in São Tomé and Príncipe, this text focuses political confrontation archipelago, largely determined by long-term strategy of Patrice Trovoada, head ADI, a politician far from land but decisively influential as none other, including those MLSTP, independence party. The description analysis electoral processes show how programmatic doctrinal contents have ...