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As Senegal pursues a sustainable COVID-19 recovery, supplemental funds from the IMF are expected to help the country bounce back.

ADB Director General for South Asia Kenichi Yokoyama explains ADB’s efforts in South Asia in building human capital to empower people, create resilient and sustainable societies, and foster equitable economic growth.

Date Time Share IMF Staff and Senegal Reach Staff-Level Agreement on Third Review Under Policy Coordination Instrument and on a New 18-Month End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, sub...

Since the discovery of major hydrocarbon reserves between 2014 and 2017, Senegal has been a strong advocate for positioning local content and capacity building as the key to unlocking industry growth. While Senegal does have existing local content requirements under its New Petroleum Code (Law No. 01 or 2019), the emerging petroleum player differentiates itself from other producers because it has the lead time to create local capacity in support of its oil and gas sector before it happens, rat...

United Nations development assistance framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Contextualization in Senegal Format Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has led to several crises of a health, economic and social nature. To face this crisis, the Government of Senegal has taken various measures to limit the disastrous consequences on the economy and the different social sectors. Thus, a first series of measures fall under a state of health emergency. These were related to the esta...