In 2013, the Senegalese economy was hit by
the fallout from an especially unfavourable
international economic environment, including
the energy, food and financial crises and, lastly the
Euro zone debt crisis. This led to severe weakness
in economic activity in the first nine months of
the year. In addition, the Senegalese government’s
“hunt for ill-gotten gains” triggered a crisis of
confidence between economic actors. Even so,
the economy’s fundamentals held up well, despite
a 4.6% year-on-year contraction in economic
activity.




