II. Cooperation with partner countries

Senegal

Training villagers in hygiene within the context of a water supply project in the Thiès region

Sale of produce by a grouping of women in Saint-Louis in the north of Senegal

Key events

Population 13.1 million
Area 196723 km2
GDP per capita (PPP in $) 1940
HDI ranking 154/186

The 2012 presidential election - the tenth since the country’s independence - led to the victory, in March, of Macky Sall, an opponent of the incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade. The election of a new head of state, and the attendant changes in ministerial functions provided the ideal backdrop for the launch of the new ICP 2012-2016 based on the principle of national implementation.

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