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The World Bank in Senegal

The World Bank’s assistance to Senegal focuses on three points: accelerated growth and wealth creation; human development and shared growth; and rural and urban synergies.

Senegal Economic Update

Seizing the opportunity

The outlook remains broadly positive, but it hinges on a solid commitment to macroeconomic stability.
Irrigation Power in the Sahel

Combatting Food Insecurity

PARIIS relies on a combination of simple technologies and local know-how to irrigate the land and multiply its potential.
Powering up Africa

Power Interconnection Project

The construction of a high-voltage and advanced power network helps provide a continuous supply of electricity.

Senegal At-A-Glance

Located in the westernmost part of the African continent, Senegal is bordered by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. It surrounds The Gambia, a small Anglophone country. Senegal enjoys a tropical dry climate and has a population of 16.7 million inhabitants, a quarter of whom live in the Dakar region (0.3% of the territory).

Overview

Data

Projects

Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support Project

Since 2015, the PRAPS has directly supported more than two million livestock herders in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.

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Research

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Blogs

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Experts

Keiko Miwa

Country Director for Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal

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News & Events

What's New

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In Depth

Mar 21, 2024

Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program

SASPP is a multi-donor trust fund managed by the World Bank that supports the strengthening of adaptive social protection systems in the Sahel to enhance the resilience of poor and vulnerable populations to the impacts ...
Apr 05, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Sep 12, 2023

CPIA Africa

The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. The overall average score for Sub-Saharan Africa’s IDA-eligible countries remained unchanged in 2022 ...
Apr 05, 2024

IDA Impact in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
World Bank Africa Multimedia

Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Doing Business in Senegal

The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.

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