Services and services trade in Senegal

Senegal is a West African country bordered by The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of around 15.4 million, Senegal is a key political and economic hub in the region. It is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA/WAEMU), the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the African Union and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), among others. Services matter greatly for Senegal. It has multiple vibrant services sectors, an outwardlooking, mobile population, and a strong impetus towards modernization, including of infrastructure and policies relevant to services. The country’s overall flagship strategy “Plan Sénégal Emergeant” (PSE) refers prominently to services, and the Ministry of Trade and its Direction du Commerce Extérieur (DCE) makes every effort to engage development partners, including UNCTAD, the WTO and other multilateral agencies, in its efforts to develop policies relevant to services trade and services exports in particular.

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