Senegal sets out ambitious development plan for next quarter century
Senegal's government unveiled a 25-year development plan on Monday that it said would lay the foundations for economic sovereignty through competitiveness, sustainable resource management and good governance.
Senegal's government on Monday unveiled a vast breakaway development plan, pledging to increase average individual income by almost 50 percent in five years while slashing the deficit and debt.
The 25-year project seeks to move the west African nation away from foreign dependence and debt in favour of local resources and human capital.
It forms part of the radical shake-up promised by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye who took office in April, raising hopes in the country battling a high cost of living and widespread unemployment.
Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko launched the ambitious programme just over a month before snap parliamentary elections scheduled for November 17.
The pair's first six months in power have been marked by confrontation with an opposition-dominated parliament, which Faye dissolved in mid-September.
Faye described the new public policy framework as a "vision for a Senegal that aspires not just to participate in the world of tomorrow, but to play a major role in it".
The "Senegal 2050: national transformation agenda" would work to make the country a leading regional player and "a development model for Africa", he added.
(AFP)
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