A driver and his licence in Senegal

Cissokho, Sidy

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“…Senegal's overall performance in public goods provision follows the growth trend of the African average quite closely, outpacing it only from 2015 to 2018. Much of the increase of this BGI score from 25 in 2000 to 46 in 2019 (see Table 1) reflects policy reforms and structural development programmes enacted during Macky Sall's first presidency (2012–2019), including efforts to strengthen the social safety net by providing, among others, universal health coverage, an equal opportunities card, free healthcare for children under five and cash transfers programmes (Cissokho, 2018). These improvements have been financed largely by growing public debt and official development assistance (ODA).…”

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Sub‐Saharan Africa: Towards better governance and sustainability?

Anheier,

Fröhlich,

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2023

Global Policy

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The countries of the Sub‐Saharan region have, on average, made significant progress in governance performance, especially in terms of democratic accountability and public goods provision—findings that seem to contradict patterns of state fragility and economic underdevelopment common in the region. This article explores this seeming contradiction and presents in more detail findings from the Berggruen Governance Index regarding the governance performance of five countries, namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa. Lagging state capacity and growing sovereign debt emerge as critical factors, and the article suggests that they may be responsible for the inability of many countries in the region to consolidate gains in governance as well as economic performance.

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Section: A Closer Look At Five Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%