Departmental Papers

Making Senegal a Hub for West Africa: Reforming the State, Building to the Future

ByAlexei P Kireyev, Ali M. Mansoor

February 5, 2015

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Alexei P Kireyev, and Ali M. Mansoor "Making Senegal a Hub for West Africa: Reforming the State, Building to the Future", Departmental Papers 2015, 001 (2015), accessed 12/26/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498341240.087

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Summary

This Departmental Paper takes stock of Senegal’s achievements in the past few years under IMF-supported programs and identifies key reform pillars for the future. IMF staff analyses Senegal's new development strategy, Plan Sénégal Emergent, which aims to make Senegal an emerging market economy by 2035.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Export diversification, Exports, International trade, Public financial management (PFM), Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Keywords: Africa, Budget planning and preparation, current account, debt management, DP, DPPP, exchange rate, Export diversification, Exports, foreign direct investment, Global, North America, opportunity cost, private sector, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), public spending, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

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