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  "title": "IMF Staff to Visit Senegal",
  "publication": "IMF News, August 17, 2026",
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  "summary": "An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mercedes Vera Martin, Mission Chief for Senegal, will visit Dakar from August 19 to September 1.",
  "publishDate": "2026-08-17",
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      "heading": "Visit details",
      "content": "- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mercedes Vera Martin, Mission Chief for Senegal, will visit Dakar from August 19 to September 1.\n- Press Release No. 26/276\n- Date of page: August 17, 2026"
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      "heading": "Objectives and focus",
      "content": "- Continue discussions toward reaching a shared understanding of the policies and reforms that could be supported by an IMF lending arrangement.\n- The IMF remains firmly committed to helping Senegal safeguard macroeconomic stability and foster sustainable and inclusive growth.\n- IMF staff will also engage with other stakeholders during the visit.\n- Ms. Vera Martin will issue a statement at the end of the visit."
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      "heading": "Engagement and communications",
      "content": "- Media relations contact: Tatiana Mossot\n- PRESS OFFICER: Tatiana Mossot\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- IMF Twitter handle referenced: @IMFSpokesperson"
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      "heading": "Key resources referenced on the page",
      "content": "- June 22, 2026, Press Release: IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal\n- IMF Senegal webpage: Senegal and the IMF\n- IMF Africa Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMFAfrica\n\nSource: IMF press release page \"IMF Staff to Visit Senegal\", August 17, 2026.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Senegal and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal\n- Senegal and the IMF\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/08/17/pr26276-senegal-imf-staff-to-visit-senegal"
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    "Press Release No. 26/276",
    "Date of page: August 17, 2026",
    "Continue discussions toward reaching a shared understanding of the policies and reforms that could be supported by an IMF lending arrangement.",
    "The IMF remains firmly committed to helping Senegal safeguard macroeconomic stability and foster sustainable and inclusive growth.",
    "IMF staff will also engage with other stakeholders during the visit.",
    "Ms. Vera Martin will issue a statement at the end of the visit.",
    "Media relations contact: Tatiana Mossot",
    "PRESS OFFICER: Tatiana Mossot",
    "Phone: +1 202 623-7100",
    "Email: MEDIA@IMF.org",
    "IMF Twitter handle referenced: @IMFSpokesperson",
    "June 22, 2026, Press Release: IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal",
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