Quality of Economic Growth in Senegal: a Normative Approach

Abstract

The aim of this article is to offer an assessment of the quality of economic growth in Senegal. More specifically, it deals with the question of the adequacy between economic growth and the national labor resources. The study draws basically from a normative approach. The analysis shows that the Senegalese growth model does not translate into the well-being of the citizens because of several factors including the persistence of inequalities, the inefficiency of public expenditures, poor level of technological development, transfer and/or its adoption as well as specialization patterns in traditional branches.(original abstract)