Policy Briefs

S. DIAKHATE – Oil and gas will not solve Senegal’s debt crisis in the short term. Net income from Sangomar…

Dr. Souleymane Bah – Senegal’s US$13.3 billion hidden debt (approximately 8.1 trillion CFA francs, or 25% of GDP) accumulated over…

Ali Zafar – There are important lessons from experiences from Ethiopia that hold relevance for Senegal,including the possibility of a…

Dr. Marieme Toure and Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla – Unsustainable Regional Market Reliance: In 2025 alone, Senegal raised 2,225 billion…

Jacob Assa – Debt Sustainability Analyses (DSAs) are the most common tool to evaluate the status, causes and resilience of…

Jean-François Ponsot – This policy brief pursues a two fold objective. First, it surveys the key recent findings inthe academic…

Grieve Chelwa and Ntazana Siame Kaulule – The G20 Common Framework for debt restructuring, as applied in Zambia, failed toprovide…

Dr. Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo – The External Debt Burden: Senegal’s current government faces the burden ofservicing a $25billion external debt…

Andrea Carrera, Alvaro Cencini, Ndongo Samba Sylla – Senegal’s financial predicament, characterized by “hidden debts” and anunsustainable external debt trajectory,…