## Senegal: 2002 Article IV Consultation and Requests for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 19, 2003_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 19, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451833881.002

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### Overview
- The paper examines Senegal’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and requests for:
  - a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), and
  - Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.
- Overall assessment: economic developments in 2002 were mixed.

### Economic developments (2002)
- Real GDP growth decelerated to 2.4 percent in 2002.
- The deceleration was attributed to a sharp weather-related drop in agricultural output.

### IMF analysis and policy support
- IMF staff supports the government’s reform strategies in the following sectors:
  - electricity sector,
  - groundnut sector.
- IMF staff also supports ongoing reforms in:
  - the postal system,
  - public pension systems,
  - private pension systems.

### Thematic coverage and focus areas
- Primary subject areas include: Expenditure, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration.
- Key policy themes and keywords emphasized: arrears clearance, government, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction strategy, PRGF arrangement, PRGF loan, PRGF-supported program, reform agenda, revenue collection, West Africa.

*International Monetary Fund. "Senegal: 2002 Article IV Consultation and Requests for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and for Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries", IMF Staff Country Reports 2003, 167 (2003).*

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