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

Taking the specific issues of SMEsinto consideration:

evaluating the « DPP orienté PME »in Senegal

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90% of all enterprises in Senegal are

SMEs!

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 SMEs1 Ministry of Trade, Enterprises and Informal Sector

2Ansgar Josef Cordier

Objectives of PACC-PME/PMF:

Business environment

BDS quality

Entrepreneurs’ competencies

Access to appropriate funding


Business environment

Dialogue platform caters SME issues:

Reform of current tax legislation

Modification of VAT payment scheme

Reform of prevailing customs regime


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


“PPD Wheel” categories applied for evaluation


Mandate and institutional alignment

Structure and participation

Champion(s) and leadership

Facilitation and management

Outputs

Outreach and communication

Monitoring and evaluation

Sub-national

Sector specific

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Challenges:


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Selected tangible results (“hard output”):

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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

Ansgar Josef Cordier

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?


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Route de Ngor X Route des Almadies, Dakar – BP 3869

00221 – 33 869 80 11

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Thank you!

Contact Programme Sénégalo-Allemand PACC-PME/PME:

Ansgar Cordier Development Consultant

+49 176 2195 3062

[email protected]

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