Senegal

**Key Figures**

**Capital:** Dakar
**Population:** 16,743,930 (World Bank, 2020)
**GDP per capita, PPP:** $3,502.82 (World Bank, 2020)
**GNI per capita, Atlas Method:** $1,430.00 (World Bank, 2020)

Dakar, Senegal

**Main Religion:** Islam (Sunni Islam)

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $1,480.50 (Millions) (2020)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $171.46 (Millions) (2020)
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $5,287.04 (Millions) (2018)
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $8,960.10 (Millions) (2018)
Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Senegal - Investing - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
Foreign trade figures of Senegal - Economic and Political Overview - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)

Macro Data

Senegal | Data (worldbank.org)
Senegal and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Senegal - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Senegal country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Renewable energy activities in Senegal: a review - ScienceDirect
Senegal: An African Nation Between Islam And The West, Second Edition - Sheldon Gellar - Google Books
Food security and climate shocks in Senegal: Who and where are the most vulnerable households? - ScienceDirect
Measuring willingness to pay for reliable electricity: Evidence from Senegal - ScienceDirect
Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter‐Driven Accountability in Senegal - Bhandari - - American Journal of Political Science - Wiley Online Library
Water | Free Full-Text | Recent Trend in Hydroclimatic Conditions in the Senegal River Basin (mdpi.com)
An environmental history of literary resilience: “Environmental refugees” in the Senegal River Valley: Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol 54, No 6 (tandfonline.com)
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Barriers to Technology Transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Innovation Capacity and Knowledge Absorption in Senegal | SpringerLink
Private Standards, Trade and Poverty: GlobalGAP and Horticultural Employment in Senegal - Colen - 2012 - The World Economy - Wiley Online Library
Localization of elite capture in wood charcoal production and trade: Implications for development outcomes of a forest management program in rural Senegal - ScienceDirect
The Industrial Labor Market And Economic Performance In Senegal: A Study In ... - Katherine Terrell, Jan Svejnar - Google Books
Groundnut export tax in Senegal: Winners and losers - Fofana, Ismaël, Badiane, Ousmane, Camara, Alhassane, Goundan, Anatole - Google Books
Exploring the agricultural landscape diversity-food security nexus: an analysis in two contrasted parklands of Central Senegal - ScienceDirect
Tourism, social representations and empowerment of rural communities at Langue de Barbarie National Park, Senegal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism: Vol 29, No 8 (tandfonline.com)
Energy poverty in rural West Africa and its determinants: Evidence from Senegal and Togo - ScienceDirect
Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Energy–Climate–Economy–Population Nexus: An Empirical Analysis in Kenya, Senegal, and Eswatini (mdpi.com)
Income hiding and informal redistribution: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Senegal - ScienceDirect

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Senegal’s Pink Lake | Al Jazeera World - YouTube
Senegal Muslim Brotherhoods Play Key Role in Daily Life - YouTube
Ladoum: Senegal's Star Sheep | Documentary | Africa Direct - YouTube
Senegal and France: Allies? I ARTE.tv Documentary - YouTube
The Trees That Bleed: How rosewood is smuggled from Senegal into Gambia - BBC Africa Eye documentary - YouTube
🇸🇳 Senegal's Sinking Villages | Al Jazeera World - YouTube

Important History Events

Senegal: The Evolution of a Quasi Democracy | Richard Vengroff, Lucy C (taylorfrancis.com)
The Kingdom of Waalo: Senegal Before the Conquest - Boubacar Barry - Google Books
French Senegal: The History of the French Colony and Senegal's Transition to ... - Charles River Editors - Google Books

Other Issues

Women and Money: Lessons from Senegal - Guérin - 2006 - Development and Change - Wiley Online Library
Garbarge Citizenship (oapen.org): Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal
Senegal: When Art Meets Power | African Renaissance | Perspective - YouTube

Traditional Costume

Senegal

Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher to Identify Risks versus Opportunities at the Country Level

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