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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.

Climate action is essential

The report underscores the cost of climate inaction, warning that without adaptation, GDP could shrink by 9.4% by 2050.
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Strengthening coastal resilience

The Emergency Recovery & Resilience Project aims to sustainably support the resilience of affected communities in Saint Louis.
Senegal Economic Update

Seizing the opportunity

The outlook remains broadly positive, but it hinges on a solid commitment to macroeconomic stability.

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).

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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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Experts

Keiko Miwa

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

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In Depth

Jul 17, 2024

CPIA Africa

The 2024 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2023. In 2023, the average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remained broadly like ...
Oct 14, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Apr 21, 2025

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.
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 ...
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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Country Office Contacts

Main Office Contact

Corniche Ouest X
Rue Léon Gontran Damas
Dakar, Senegal

+221 33 859 4100

For general information and inquiries

Seydina Djigo
External Affairs Officer