Senegal Jobs, Economic Transformation & Recovery Program

The development objective of Senegal Jobs, Economic Transformation and Recovery Program is to improve the competitiveness of selected value chains, MSMEs capabilities, and private sector investment in Senegal. The main pillars of the PSE plan, which guides the PAP/AA, are the following: Pillar 1: Growth and structural economic transformation; Pillar 2: Human capital, social protection and sustainable development; and Pillar 3: Governance, institutions, peace and security. This Program-for-Results (PforR) aims at supporting Senegal’s resilient economic recovery from COVID-19 by operationalizing the JET agenda in line with the WBG guidance on the COVID-19 response and the JET Framework. Result Area 1: Competitiveness Reinforcement, aims at strengthening the competitiveness of key sectors considered as priorities of the government program through value chains and sector-level interventions. Result Area 2: Technology Adoption, aims to address key obstacles to technology adoption, namely lack of financing, lack of capabilities and lack of demand and related uncertainties. Result Area 3: Access to finance, aims to remove the most severe constraints for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs).