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Une Présentation Sur L'économie Du Sénégal
CPT Justin Baumann
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Introduction/OrientationProduction
IndustrialAgriculturalServices
DistributionWholesale/RetailTransportationInternational Trade
ConsumptionIndustrial InputsDomestic MarketForeign AidForeign Investment
Agenda
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Orientation
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ProductionEconomic Production is an activity carried out under the control and responsibility of a resident institutional unit that uses inputs of labor, capital, and goods and services (Factors of Production) to produce
outputs of goods and services.
•Land or natural Resources - Predominantly rural and with limited natural resources
•Labor force - 4.876 million (2009 est.)
•Labor force - By occupation: Agriculture: 75% Industry and Services: 25% (1990 est.)
•Capital Goods
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IndustrialIndustriesagricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials, ship construction and repair
Industrial production growth rate5.2% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production2.159 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - imports0 kWh (2004)
Oil - production0 bbl/d (0 m3/d) (2004 est.)
Natural gas - production50 million cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports0 cu m (2004 est.)
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Agricultural
Agricultural ProductsPeanuts, millet, maize, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables, cattle, poultry, pigs, fish
Agricultural ExportsU.S.$1.65 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Peanut seller in Joal-Fadiouth
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Services
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DistributionThe distribution sector of the economy consists of wholesale,
transportation, and international trade (import/export)
Dakar (Senegal)
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Wholesale/Retail Establishments
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Transportation
Roadways - 4,271 km of paved roads and 10,305 km of unpaved roads as of 1996.
Railways - Narrow gauge: 906 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge (70 km double track)
Waterways - 897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum River.
Ports – Dakar (railhead), Kaolack, Matam, Podor, Richard Toll, Saint-Louis, Ziguinchor
Airports with paved runways – 10
Airports with unpaved runways – 10
Car Rapide
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Transportation (Cont.)
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International Trade (Exports)
Refined Petroleum (19%), Gold (11%), Phosphoric Acid (8.8%), Cement (6.9%), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish (6.4%)
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International Trade (Imports)
Refined Petroleum (16%), Crude Petroleum (10%), Rice (6.2%), Packaged Medicaments (2.4%), and Petroleum
Gas (2.2%)
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ConsumptionConsumption can be defined as the selection, adoption, use, disposal,
and recycling of goods and services, as opposed to their design, production, and marketing.
Oil - consumption35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m3/d) (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption50 million cu m (2004 est.)Electricity - consumption1.859 billion kWh (2007)
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Industrial Inputs
Fish, phosphate, fertilizer, petroleum, ship construction materials
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Domestic MarketPopulation below poverty line43.4% (2010 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage sharelowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2007)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)5.4% (2008 est.)
Investment (gross fixed)41% of GDP (2006 est.)
Labor force4.876 million (2009 est.)
Labor force - by occupationagriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (1990 est.)
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Foreign AidSenegal still depends heavily on foreign assistance, which in 2000 represented about 32% of overall government spending—including both current expenditures and capital investments—or CFA 270.8 billion (U.S$. 361.0 million).
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Foreign Investment
Direct U.S. investment in Senegal remains about U.S.$38 million yearly, mainly in petroleum marketing, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, chemicals, and banking. Economic assistance, about U.S. $350 million a year, comes largely from France, the IMF, the World Bank, and the United States. Canada, Italy, Japan, and Germany also provide assistance.