The National Strategy for Economic and Social Development (NSESD) 2013-2017, consisting of three Chapters, is organized as follows: the first chapter provides the growth, poverty and inequality profile and outlines the challenges it pays special attention to regional disparities, gender equality, as well as inequalities in the distribution of income and access to basic social services (including: Economic and social diagnosis; Population and access to basic social services; Demographic trend and factors of social exclusion; Inadequate access to basic social services; Growth and monetary poverty; Incidence of poverty; Good Governance and Rule of Law; Preservation and restoration of natural resources, etc). The second chapter describes the Strategy through the long-term vision, the sectoral strategic orientations and the policies and programmes that make them operational (including: Challenges; Public policy efficiency; Viability of the macroeconomic framework; Vision and intervention strategy). Finally, the third chapter outlines the mechanism identified for the implementation of the Strategy. Chapter II specifies the Strategic objectives divided into the following three Pillars: P.1 Growth, productivity and wealth creation (including: macroeconomic framework within the Agriculture; Livestock production; Fisheries and aquaculture; Irrigated agriculture; Food security; Industry and agri-food processing). P2. Human capital, social protection and sustainable development (including: Sustainable human development; education and skills development; Reinforcing social protection; Risk and disaster prevention and management; Sustainable development and the environment, etc. and P3. Governance, institutions, peace and security. 2.3. To fight against food insecurity, there is need to target the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger in the medium term, through the promotion of self-sufficiency in rice, diversification of food products, economic and physical accessibility and the use of food products. Thus, the food security policy is linked to the modernization of agriculture and fits into a rural development process, which includes an important component consisting in the promotion of irrigation. The improvement of productivity in agriculture needs to be stimulated periodically through public investments in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension, irrigation and price incentives, so as to directly contribute to economic growth, the reduction of poverty and the improvement of the business environment, in the rural areas. 2.3. Promotes gender equity and equality aiming at gender mainstreaming in public policies as adopted as a strategy to combat all forms of inequality and to level the playing field for a fair participation of both men and women in the development process. The NSESD seeks to accelerate economic growth and step up productivity. It strategically sets the orientations in the productive and production support sectors in the first pillar. The key component of this pillar is the Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS). Through this strategy, the cluster approach encourages stakeholders to build fruitful partnerships around growth sub-sectors whose products can enjoy national or international visibility. This approach becomes operational through the structuring of the main productive sub-sectors into value chains, on the one hand, and the implementation of local cluster projects in sectors with high value creation potential, linked to incubators and networks of business incubators throughout the country. To this end, it has become imperative to identify each region (or territory), depending on its comparative advantages, as an exporter of specific products to the rest of the country, the sub-region and the world. For this first pillar, the NSESD recommends the territorial productive activities, by initiating projects for special economic zones, scientific technological parks, incubators and creating other economic poles, in collaboration with local governments. Pillar and Chapter 2 establish Risk and disaster prevention and management. Owing to its advanced geographic position into the Atlantic ocean, Senegal is exposed to the adverse effects of climate change coupled with the poor distribution of housing and industrial plants. A direct consequence is the increased vulnerability of populations to disasters. Furthermore, the production and storage methods of hazardous products and non-compliance with technical and environmental standards exacerbate the risk of industrial disasters. Senegal plans to achieve the following strategic objectives: i. Prevent and reduce major disaster risks by developing national and regional contingency plans, promoting a culture of disaster prevention and management, ensuring control over major industrial accidents, establishing an early warning system for natural disasters and improving the safe transport of hazardous materials. ii. Improve the management of natural disasters with the establishment of a mechanism to assist and compensate disaster victims, the establishment of an emergency response fund and capacity-building of civil protection actors.
السنغال · 2012-11-08