12-24 November – DeMPA and Reform Plan Mission in Sao Tomé
A joint World Bank/DRI mission visited Sao Tomé and Príncipe in order to assess the existing legal, institutional and technical environment in which debt management takes place in Sao Tomé, using the DeMPA methodology. The mission also assessed the degree in which the existing Reform Plan had been implemented and developed an updated debt management reform plan that included the following areas: medium-term debt strategy, capacity building, developing the domestic market, debt data and recording.
The mission met with government officials at the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Tribunal de Contas and prepared a project document that will be submitted for peer review and then to the Sao Tomean authorities for comments.