## Senegal: Fifth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Request for Modification of Assessment Criterion-Press Release; Staff Report

_IMF Staff Country Reports, January 12, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 12, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484337509.002

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### Macroeconomic overview and projections
- Growth is expected to exceed 6 percent in 2017 for the third year in a row.
- Inflation remains low.
- The fiscal deficit has been declining progressively in recent years and is projected to reach 3.7 percent of GDP in 2017.
- The current account deficit is projected to increase to 7.8 percent of GDP in 2017 owing to higher oil prices and slightly slower export growth.
- The outlook for the Senegalese economy remains on the whole positive.

### Policy analysis and recommendations
- Senegal needs to continue implementing its structural reform program to maintain high growth rates of recent years.
- Focus areas implied by subject and keywords: Budget planning and preparation; Debt sustainability analysis; External debt; Public debt; Public financial management (PFM); Revenue administration.
- Keywords highlighting analytical tools and concerns: Budget planning and preparation, burden indicator, CR, creating flow, debt, debt indicator, Debt sustainability analysis, deficit, dynamics raise, GDP deflator, Global, ISCR, plan Sénégal emergent, reform, risk rating, sustainability framework.

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