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The political economy of Senegal’s international relations and the history of the state’s involvement in the economy of Senegal can be illustrated by analysing the social context of agricultural production and consumption and its use in the process of capital accumulation. Historically, agriculture has been central to the Senegalese economy and has received much attention from the colonial and the postcolonial state. Also, state involvement in agriculture became the `sticking point in what turned out to be the key recipient—donor relationships — those with the World Bank and the IMF — in Senegal’s current structural adjustment xperiences’.’
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Chowdhry, G., Beeman, M. (1994). Senegal. In: Shaw, T.M., Okolo, J.E. (eds) The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in ECOWAS. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23277-2_9
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