WASHINGTON: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Friday a $155 million financing to support Senegal to reduce flood risks in peri-urban areas of Dakar and improve capacity for integrated urban flood risk planning and management f
Senegal is highly vulnerable to floods and droughts, as well as coastal erosion and land degradation, which can jeopardize development gains and livelihoods, affect productivity, and threaten social stability.
Bowing to pressure, finance and budget minister Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo told parliament last week that the Airbus A320 neo would cost tax payers some $110 million