## Inclusive Growth and Inequality in Senegal

_IMF Working Papers, October 23, 2013_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Alexei P Kireyev
- Published: October 23, 2013
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475580266.001

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### Summary and scope
- Examines Senegal’s growth performance from the perspective of its poverty-reducing and distributional characteristics.
- Discusses policies that might help make growth more inclusive.
- Author: Alexei P Kireyev
- Date: October 23, 2013
- Format: IMF Working Paper

### Key findings
- Poverty has fallen in the last two decades, but poverty reduction has slowed in recent years.
- Available indicators sometimes give conflicting signals on distributional shifts.
- People in the middle of the income distribution have received the most benefit, mainly in urban areas.

### Implications for growth and poverty reduction
- Further progress in poverty reduction and inclusiveness would require sustained high growth.
- Exploration of growth opportunities in sectors with high earning potential for the poor is needed.
- Better-targeted social policies would help reduce poverty and improve inclusiveness.
- More attention to the regional distribution of spending would also help reduce poverty and improve inclusiveness.

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Consumption, Income, Income inequality, National accounts, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction
- Keywords: bottom decile, decile, decile ratio, growth, growth incidence curve, household survey, inclusiveness, Income, Income inequality, low-income countries, poverty incidence, poverty line, poverty reduction, Senegal, Senegal's poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

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