Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/108008
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/157
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Senegal is a typical sub-Saharan economy, which conducted an import substitution policy over 1960-86, followed by a policy of support for the private sector and liberalization of the economy. It suffers from a low level of economic development, hindering the process of economic diversification, and translating into an over-concentration of its exports and production. Through a careful analysis of the main advantages and drawbacks of the Senegalese economy, this scoping paper emphasizes the key obstacles to unleashing prosperity in the country: electricity supply and quality, and the educational system.
Subjects: 
export and production concentration
industrial policies
key obstacles to growth
JEL: 
O55
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-878-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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