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Taking the specific issues of SMEs into consideration: evaluating the « DPP orienté PME » in Senegal

Taking the specific issues of SMEs into consideration: evaluating the « DPP orienté PME » in Senegal. The SME sector in Senegal: . SME sector’s contribution to national value creation 1 : 33% of the national GDP 42% of total employment 2003: 85,000 registered SMEs 2010: 258,000 SMEs

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Taking the specific issues of SMEs into consideration: evaluating the « DPP orienté PME » in Senegal

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  1. Taking the specific issues of SMEs into consideration: evaluating the « DPP orienté PME » in Senegal

  2. The SME sector in Senegal: • SME sector’s contribution to national value creation1: • 33% of the national GDP • 42% of total employment • 2003: 85,000 registered SMEs • 2010: 258,000 SMEs • 1 Ministry of Trade, Enterprises and Informal Sector 90% of all enterprises in Senegal are SMEs!

  3. Objectives of PACC-PME/PMF: • Business environment • BDS quality • Entrepreneurs’ competencies • Access to appropriate funding

  4. Business environment • Dialogue platform caters SME issues: • Reform of current tax legislation • Modification of VAT payment scheme • Reform of prevailing customs regime

  5. Why did we use the “PPD Wheel” for evaluating the “SME-oriented PPD”? • Apply a proven evaluation tool • Taking stock: what has been achieved? • Benchmark with other PPD experiences

  6. “PPD Wheel” categories applied for evaluation

  7. Strengths:

  8. Challenges:

  9. Selected tangible results (“hard output”): • Proposals integrated in the reform of General Tax Law: • Unified SME tax (CGU) • VAT deferrals and simplifications • Fiscal amnesty for those who wish to formalize their business

  10. Limitations of the “PPD Wheel shelve version” • Flexibility in SME-oriented PPD in Senegal • Replication of national PPD on regional level • Focus on generic SME issues: weakness or strength?

  11. Thankyou! Ansgar Cordier Development Consultant +49 176 2195 3062 info@ansgarcordier.de Contact ProgrammeSénégalo-Allemand PACC-PME/PME: Route de Ngor X Route des Almadies, Dakar – BP 3869 00221 – 33 869 80 11 pacc@giz.de

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