upreme)

Political parties and leaders: Socialist Party (PS), President Abdou
DIOUF; Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), Abdoulaye WADE; Democratic
League-Labor Party Movement (LD-MPT), Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY;
Independent Labor Party (PIT), Amath DANSOKHO; Senegalese Democratic
Union-Renewal (UDS-R), Mamadou Puritain FALL; Let Us Unite Senegal
(coalition of African Party for Democracy and Socialism and National
Democratic Rally); other small uninfluential parties

Other political or pressure groups: students; teachers; labor; Muslim
Brotherhoods

Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-15,
G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIH, UNOMUR, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Mamadou Mansour SECK
chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 234-0540, 0541

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Mark JOHNSON
embassy: Avenue Jean XXIII at the corner of Avenue Kleber, Dakar
mailing address: B. P. 49, Dakar
telephone: [221] 23 42 96, 23 34 24
FAX: [221] 22 29 91

Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and
red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band;
uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

@Senegal:Economy

Overview: In 1994 Senegal embarked on its most concerted structural
adjustment effort yet to exploit the 50% devaluation of the currencies
of the 14 Francophone African nations on 12 January. After years of
foot-dragging, the government finally passed a liberalized labor code
which should significantly help lower the cost of labor and improve
the manufacturing sector's competitiveness. Inroads also have been
made in closing tax loopholes and eliminating monopoly power in
several sectors. At the same time the government is holding the line
on current fiscal expenditure under the watchful eyes of international
organizations on which it depends for substantial support. A bumper
peanut crop - Senegal's main source of foreign exchange - coincided
with an improvement of international prices and probably resulted in a
doubling of earnings in 1994 over 1993. The country's narrow resource
base, environmental d