| Foreword |
|
xxi | |
| Acknowledgments |
|
xxiii | |
| Preface |
|
xxiv | |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
|
xxv | |
| Introduction |
|
1 | (259) |
|
1. Selected Background Data |
|
|
4 | (9) |
|
|
|
5 | (1) |
|
|
|
6 | (4) |
|
|
|
10 | (3) |
|
|
|
13 | (28) |
|
2-1. Gross domestic product, real |
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
2-2. Value added In agriculture |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
2-3. Value added In industry |
|
|
17 | (1) |
|
2-4. Value added in services |
|
|
18 | (1) |
|
2-5. Gross domestic product, nominal |
|
|
19 | (1) |
|
|
|
20 | (1) |
|
2-7. General government consumption |
|
|
21 | (1) |
|
2-8. Gross domestic investment |
|
|
22 | (1) |
|
2-9. Gross public investment |
|
|
23 | (1) |
|
2-10. Gross private investment |
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
2-11. Gross domestic savings |
|
|
25 | (1) |
|
2-12. Gross national savings |
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
|
|
27 | (1) |
|
2-14. Exports of goods and nonfactor services, nominal |
|
|
28 | (1) |
|
2-15. Imports of goods and nonfactor services, nominal |
|
|
29 | (1) |
|
2-16. Exports of goods and nonfactor services, real |
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
2-17. Imports of goods and nonfactor services, real |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
|
|
32 | (1) |
|
2-19. Gross National Income (GNI) per capita |
|
|
33 | (1) |
|
2-20. Total consumption per capita |
|
|
34 | (4) |
|
|
|
38 | (3) |
|
3. Prices and Exchange Rates |
|
|
41 | (14) |
|
3-1. GDP deflator (local currency series) |
|
|
42 | (1) |
|
3-2. GDP deflator (U.S. dollar series) |
|
|
43 | (1) |
|
3-3. Consumer price index |
|
|
44 | (1) |
|
3-4. Official exchange rate |
|
|
45 | (1) |
|
3-5. SDR exchange rate index |
|
|
46 | (1) |
|
3-6. Currency conversion factor |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
3-7. Parallel market exchange rate |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
3-8. Ratio of parallel market to official exchange rates |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
3-9. Real effective exchange rate index |
|
|
50 | (2) |
|
|
|
52 | (3) |
|
|
|
55 | (15) |
|
|
|
56 | (1) |
|
4-2. Credit to the private sector |
|
|
57 | (1) |
|
4-3. Credit to the government |
|
|
58 | (1) |
|
|
|
59 | (1) |
|
4-5. Growth of money supply |
|
|
60 | (1) |
|
|
|
61 | (1) |
|
|
|
62 | (1) |
|
4-8. Commercial bank lending rate |
|
|
63 | (1) |
|
4-9. Commercial bank deposit rate |
|
|
64 | (3) |
|
|
|
67 | (3) |
|
|
|
70 | (81) |
|
|
|
|
5-1. Merchandise exports, f.o.b. |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
5-2. Merchandise imports, f.o.b. |
|
|
73 | (1) |
|
5-3. Exports of total services (nonfactor and factor) |
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
5-4. Imports of total services (nonfactor and factor) |
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
5-5. Net private transfers |
|
|
76 | (1) |
|
5-6. Net official current transfers |
|
|
77 | (1) |
|
5-7. Current account balance, excluding net capital grants |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
5-8. Current account balance, excluding net capital grants/GDP |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
|
|
80 | (1) |
|
5-10. Net foreign direct investment |
|
|
81 | (1) |
|
5-11. Net long-term borrowing |
|
|
82 | (1) |
|
5-12. Other capital flows |
|
|
83 | (1) |
|
|
|
84 | (1) |
|
5-14. Import coverage ratio of reserves |
|
|
85 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
86 | (1) |
|
|
|
87 | (1) |
|
|
|
88 | (1) |
|
|
|
|
5-18. Forest products exports |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
|
|
90 | (1) |
|
|
|
91 | (1) |
|
|
|
92 | (1) |
|
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
|
95 | (1) |
|
|
|
96 | (1) |
|
|
|
97 | (1) |
|
5-27. Palm oil products exports |
|
|
98 | (1) |
|
|
|
99 | (1) |
|
|
|
100 | (1) |
|
|
|
101 | (1) |
|
|
|
102 | (1) |
|
|
|
103 | (1) |
|
5-33. Manufactured goods exports |
|
|
104 | (1) |
|
5-34. Manufactured goods exports, growth |
|
|
105 | (1) |
|
|
|
106 | (1) |
|
5-36. Food imports, growth |
|
|
107 | (1) |
|
5-37. Nonfood consumer goods imports |
|
|
108 | (1) |
|
5-38. Nonfood consumer goods imports, growth |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
|
|
110 | (1) |
|
5-40. Fuel imports, growth |
|
|
111 | (1) |
|
5-41. Primary intermediate goods imports |
|
|
112 | (1) |
|
5-42. Primary intermediate goods imports, growth |
|
|
113 | (1) |
|
5-43. Manufactured goods imports |
|
|
114 | (1) |
|
5-44. Manufactured goods imports, growth |
|
|
115 | (1) |
|
5-45. Capital goods imports |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
5-46. Capital goods imports, growth |
|
|
117 | (1) |
|
5-47. Direction of trade matrix, imports, 1992 |
|
|
118 | (1) |
|
5-48. Direction of trade matrix, imports, 1997 |
|
|
121 | (1) |
|
5-49. Direction of trade matrix, imports, 2002 |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
5-50. Direction of trade matrix, exports, 1992 |
|
|
127 | (1) |
|
5-51. Direction of trade matrix, exports, 1997 |
|
|
130 | (1) |
|
5-52. Direction of trade matrix, exports, 2002 |
|
|
133 | (1) |
|
5-53. Direction of trade matrix, current U.S. dollars, 1992 |
|
|
136 | (1) |
|
5-54. Direction of trade matrix, current U.S. dollars, 1997 |
|
|
139 | (1) |
|
5-55 Direction of trade matrix, current U.S. dollars, 2002 |
|
|
142 | (4) |
|
|
|
146 | (5) |
|
6. External Debt and Related Flows |
|
|
151 | (33) |
|
6-1. Gross disbursements: official concessional long-term loans |
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
6-2. Gross disbursements: official nonconcessional long-term loans |
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
6-3. Gross disbursements: private long-term loans |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
6-4. Disbursements: long-term loans and IMF purchases |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
6-5. Amortization: official concessional long-term loans |
|
|
157 | (1) |
|
6-6. Amortization: official nonconcessional long-term loans |
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
6-7. Amortization: private long-term loans |
|
|
159 | (1) |
|
6-8. Amortization: long-term loans and IMF repurchases |
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
6-9. Interest payments: official concessional long-term loans |
|
|
161 | (1) |
|
6-10. Interest payments: official nonconcessional long-term loans |
|
|
162 | (1) |
|
6-11. Interest payments: private long-term loans |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
6-12. Interest payments: long-term loans and IMF charges |
|
|
164 | (1) |
|
6-13. Total external debt service payments: long-term loans and IMF credit |
|
|
165 | (1) |
|
6-14. Interest payments: short-term loans |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
6-15. Net flows: long- and short-term loans, including IMF |
|
|
167 | (1) |
|
6-16. Net flows: long-term loans, including IMF |
|
|
168 | (1) |
|
6-17. Net transfers: long- and short-term loans, including IMF |
|
|
169 | (1) |
|
6-18. Net transfers: long-term loans, including IMF |
|
|
170 | (1) |
|
6-19. Long-term debt: official concessional |
|
|
171 | (1) |
|
6-20. Long-term debt: official nonconcessional |
|
|
172 | (1) |
|
6-21. Long-term debt: private |
|
|
173 | (1) |
|
6-22. Total external debt |
|
|
174 | (1) |
|
6-23. Structure of external debt |
|
|
175 | (1) |
|
6-24. Structure of external debt service payments |
|
|
176 | (1) |
|
6-25. Average terms of new commitments In 2002 |
|
|
177 | (1) |
|
6-26. External debt and debt service ratios, 2002 |
|
|
178 | (3) |
|
|
|
181 | (3) |
|
|
|
184 | (27) |
|
7-1. Government deficit/surplus (including grants) |
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
7-2. Government deficit/surplus (excluding grants) |
|
|
187 | (1) |
|
7-3. Government primary deficit/surplus (-/+) |
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
7-4. Government expenditure and lending minus repayments |
|
|
189 | (1) |
|
7-5. Government interest payments |
|
|
190 | (1) |
|
7-6. Government revenue (excluding grants) |
|
|
191 | (1) |
|
7-7. Grants to government |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
7-9. Taxes on income and profits |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
7-10. Taxes on international trade and transactions |
|
|
195 | (1) |
|
|
|
196 | (1) |
|
7-12. Nontax revenue, excluding grants |
|
|
197 | (1) |
|
7-13. Government expenditure: wages and salaries |
|
|
198 | (1) |
|
7-14. Government expenditure: trends in real wages and salaries |
|
|
199 | (1) |
|
7-15. Government expenditure: other goods and services |
|
|
200 | (1) |
|
7-16. Government expenditure: interest payments |
|
|
201 | (1) |
|
7-17. Government expenditure: subsidies and current transfers |
|
|
202 | (1) |
|
7-18. Government expenditure: capital and net lending |
|
|
203 | (1) |
|
7-19. Government expenditure: trends in real defense spending |
|
|
204 | (1) |
|
7-20. Government expenditure: real per capita education spending |
|
|
205 | (2) |
|
|
|
207 | (4) |
|
|
|
211 | (35) |
|
8-1. Nominal producer prices |
|
|
212 | (6) |
|
|
|
218 | (1) |
|
8-3. Food production index |
|
|
219 | (1) |
|
8-4. Nonfood production index |
|
|
220 | (1) |
|
8-5. Food production per capita index |
|
|
221 | (1) |
|
8-6. Volume of food output, by major food crop |
|
|
222 | (4) |
|
8-7. Value of agricultural exports |
|
|
226 | (1) |
|
|
|
227 | (1) |
|
8-9. Crop production index |
|
|
228 | (1) |
|
|
|
229 | (1) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
8-12. Area under permanent crops |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
8-13. Agricultural yields, by major crop |
|
|
232 | (5) |
|
8-14. Incidence of drought |
|
|
237 | (6) |
|
|
|
243 | (3) |
|
9. Power, Communications and Transportation |
|
|
246 | (14) |
|
9-1. Electric power consumption per capita |
|
|
247 | (1) |
|
9-2. Energy production and use |
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
9-3. Telephone, radio, and television availability, 1996-2002 |
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
9-4. Personal computers and Internet use |
|
|
250 | (1) |
|
|
|
251 | (1) |
|
9-6. Road-to-population ratio |
|
|
252 | (1) |
|
|
|
253 | (1) |
|
9-8. Rail goods traffic-to-$PPP GDP ratio |
|
|
254 | (1) |
|
9-9. Rail load-to-locomotive ratio |
|
|
255 | (1) |
|
|
|
256 | (1) |
|
|
|
257 | (3) |
| 10. Privatization of Public Enterprises |
|
260 | (7) |
|
10-1. Summary of privatization of public enterprises |
|
|
261 | (1) |
|
10-2. Divestiture methods employed (to end 2002) |
|
|
262 | (1) |
|
10-3. Progress in privatization: ownership and control changes |
|
|
263 | (1) |
|
|
|
264 | (3) |
| 11. Labor Force and Employment |
|
267 | (17) |
|
11-1. Number and gender structure of the labor force |
|
|
269 | (1) |
|
11-2. Children under 14 working in the labor force |
|
|
270 | (1) |
|
11-3. Unpaid family workers as share of active workers |
|
|
271 | (1) |
|
11-4. Industrial structure of the labor force |
|
|
272 | (1) |
|
11-5. Industrial structure of economically active population |
|
|
273 | (1) |
|
11-6. Wages in agriculture |
|
|
274 | (1) |
|
11-7. Wages in manufacturing |
|
|
275 | (1) |
|
11-8. Wages in mining and quarrying |
|
|
276 | (1) |
|
11-9. Wages in construction |
|
|
277 | (1) |
|
11-10. Wages in transport, storage, and communications |
|
|
278 | (1) |
|
11-11. Wages in community, social, and personal services |
|
|
279 | (1) |
|
|
|
280 | (4) |
| 12. Aid Flows |
|
284 | (23) |
|
12-1. Net aid from all donors, nominal |
|
|
285 | (1) |
|
12-2. Net aid from DAC donors, nominal |
|
|
286 | (1) |
|
12-3. Net aid from non-DAC bilateral donors, nominal |
|
|
287 | (1) |
|
12-4. Net aid from multilateral donors, nominal |
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
12-5. Net aid from all donors, real |
|
|
289 | (1) |
|
12-6. Net aid from DAC donors, real |
|
|
290 | (1) |
|
12-7. Net aid from non-DAC bilateral donors, real |
|
|
291 | (1) |
|
12-8. Net aid from multilateral donors, real |
|
|
292 | (1) |
|
12-9. Net aid from all donors as share of recipient GDP |
|
|
293 | (1) |
|
12-10. Net aid from DAC donors as share of recipient GDP |
|
|
294 | (1) |
|
12-11. Net aid from multilateral donors as share of recipient GDP |
|
|
295 | (1) |
|
12-12. Net aid from all donors as share of recipient GDI |
|
|
296 | (1) |
|
12-13. Net aid from DAC donors as share of recipient GDI |
|
|
297 | (1) |
|
12-14. Net aid from multilateral donors as share of recipient GDI |
|
|
298 | (1) |
|
12-15. Net aid per capita from all donors |
|
|
299 | (1) |
|
12-16. Net aid per capita from DAC donors |
|
|
300 | (1) |
|
12-17. Net aid per capita from multilateral donors |
|
|
301 | (3) |
|
|
|
304 | (3) |
| 13. Social Indicators |
|
307 | (35) |
|
13-1. Age and gender structure of the population |
|
|
309 | (1) |
|
|
|
310 | (1) |
|
13-3. Income distribution |
|
|
311 | (1) |
|
|
|
312 | (1) |
|
13-5. Components of population change |
|
|
313 | (1) |
|
|
|
314 | (1) |
|
13-7. HIV/AIDS estimates and data, end 2001 |
|
|
315 | (1) |
|
13-8. Immunization and ORT use |
|
|
316 | (1) |
|
|
|
317 | (1) |
|
13-10. Access to sanitation facilities |
|
|
318 | (1) |
|
13-11. Access to safe water |
|
|
319 | (1) |
|
13-12. Health expenditure |
|
|
320 | (1) |
|
|
|
321 | (1) |
|
|
|
322 | (1) |
|
13-15. Primary school gross enrollment ratio |
|
|
323 | (1) |
|
|
|
324 | (1) |
|
13-17. Net primary enrollment ratio |
|
|
325 | (1) |
|
13-18. Number of school teachers |
|
|
326 | (1) |
|
13-19. Pupil/teacher ratio |
|
|
327 | (1) |
|
13-20. Secondary school gross enrollment ratio |
|
|
328 | (1) |
|
13-21. Public expenditure on education |
|
|
329 | (1) |
|
13-22. Economic opportunities of women |
|
|
330 | (1) |
|
13-23. Household and economic participation of women |
|
|
331 | (6) |
|
|
|
337 | (5) |
| 14. Environmental Indicators |
|
342 | (20) |
|
14-1. Forest resources, 1990-2000 |
|
|
344 | (1) |
|
14-2. Forest ecosystems, 1990-99 |
|
|
345 | (1) |
|
14-3. Wood production and trade, 1999-2001 |
|
|
346 | (1) |
|
14-4. Freshwater resources and withdrawals, 1970-2002 |
|
|
347 | (1) |
|
14-5. Marine and freshwater catches, aquaculture, balance of trade, and fish consumption |
|
|
348 | (1) |
|
14-6. Energy production by source |
|
|
349 | (1) |
|
14-7. Energy consumption by economic sector |
|
|
350 | (1) |
|
14-8. CO2 emissions from industrial processes, 1999 |
|
|
351 | (1) |
|
14-9. Globally threatened species: mammals, birds, and higher plants, 1992-2002 |
|
|
352 | (1) |
|
14-10. Globally threatened species: reptiles, amphibians, and fish, 1992-2003 |
|
|
353 | (1) |
|
14-11. National protection of natural areas, 2003 |
|
|
354 | (1) |
|
14-12. International protected areas, 2002 |
|
|
355 | (1) |
|
|
|
356 | (6) |
| 15. The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative |
|
362 | (12) |
|
15-1. HIPC Debt Initiative: flow chart |
|
|
364 | (1) |
|
15-2. Grouping of African HIPC countries: status as of July 2003 |
|
|
365 | (1) |
|
15-3. External debt service for individual African HIPCs that reached decision points, by country, 1998-2005 |
|
|
366 | (2) |
|
15-4. Committed debt relief and outlook for African HIPCs: status as of July 2003 |
|
|
368 | (1) |
|
15-5. Poverty-reducing expenditure for African HIPCs that reached decision points |
|
|
369 | (3) |
|
|
|
372 | (2) |
| 16. Household Welfare |
|
374 | (20) |
|
|
|
376 | (1) |
|
|
|
377 | (1) |
|
|
|
378 | (1) |
|
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
|
|
380 | (1) |
|
|
|
381 | (1) |
|
|
|
382 | (1) |
|
|
|
383 | (1) |
|
|
|
384 | (1) |
|
|
|
385 | (1) |
|
|
|
386 | (1) |
|
16-12. São Tóme and Principe |
|
|
387 | (1) |
|
|
|
388 | (1) |
|
|
|
389 | (1) |
|
|
|
390 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
|
394 | |