Senegal is scheduled to graduate on 19 December 2029 (see the General Assembly resolution here).

Senegal is in the process of elaborating its smooth transition strategy.
CDP monitoring report on Senegal, 2025
Rapport sur la Preparation de la Strategie de Sortie du Senegal de la Categorie des PMA (report to the CDP on the preparation of the smooth transition strategy)
Senegal LDC fact sheet (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Senegal's performance against the LDC criteria)

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	2024 Report of the Committee for Development Policy Report on the 26th session of the Committee for Development Policy (4-8 March 2024) The present report contains the main findings and recommendations of the Committee for Development Policy at its twenty-sixth session.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	08 May 2024
	Impacts of LDC Graduation on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia (Nirmalya Syam and Shirin Syed for CDP Background Papers) Least developed countries (LDCs) benefit from specific flexibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), including an extended transition period for implementation of the agreement.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	15 June 2023
	Potential impacts of LDC graduation: Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia (UNDESA for CDP) When a country leaves (“graduates from”) the least developed countries (LDC) category, it ceases to benefit from international support measures that are exclusive to LDCs (in some cases, these measures are available for a set period after graduation, known as a smooth transition period).	LDC graduation and smooth transition	17 March 2023
	Incidences potentielles de la sortie de la catégorie des PMA Cambodge, Comores, Djibouti, Sénégal et Zambie Lorsqu’un pays sort de la catégorie des pays les moins avancés (PMA), c’est-à-dire lorsqu’il « est reclassé », il cesse de bénéficier des mesures de soutien international réservées aux PMA (dans certains cas, ces mesures sont disponibles pendant une certaine période après le reclassement, dénomm	LDC graduation and smooth transition	15 February 2023
	Trade impacts of LDC graduation - Senegal - WTO WTO members offer specific flexibilities to least developed country members, including Senegal. Following graduation, these flexibilities may not be available.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	15 September 2022
	Potential impacts of LDC graduation on development cooperation in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Senegal, and Zambia: Preliminary assessment When a country leaves (“graduates” from) the least developed countries (LDC) category, there is often concern about the impacts on the support it will receive from the international community.	LDC graduation and smooth transition	21 September 2021
	Cultivating Small and Medium-Sized Firms: Entrepreneurship Development, Gender, and Technology in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Senegal - Technololgy Bank, This report examines and compares the strategies that four LDCs have adopted on these three fronts.	Productive capacity, structural transformation, technology, innovation	11 May 2021
	Blended finance in the national planning processes and the SDGs in Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Senegal This research paper looks at the application of blended finance in Senegal. Southern Voice analysed the scope and magnitude of the use of the blended finance instrument including in the policy, regulatory and institutional realm.	Finance, debt, macroeconomics	15 January 2019

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