IMF Staff Country Reports

Senegal: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

October 31, 1997

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Summary

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Senegal examines the magnitude, quality, and composition of fiscal adjustment, and the sustainability of public debt in the context of a debt dynamics framework. The paper explains the rationale for fiscal adjustment and presents some characteristics of the desired tax and expenditure policies. It describes the structure and size of the public sector in Senegal, and discusses historical developments in fiscal deficits and debt accumulation. The paper also assesses the quality of fiscal adjustment in Senegal.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Current spending, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Public debt, Public enterprises

Keywords: Bank, Bank restructuring effort, BCEAO, CFA franc, Commercial banks, CR, Current spending, Government, Government saving, Housing bank BHS, ISCR, Public enterprises, Senegal, Senegalese authorities, Wage bill, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    125

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1997/094

  • Stock No:

    1SENEA0011997

  • ISBN:

    9781451833836

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685