Senegal, a West African country, has borders with Mauritania to the north and northeast, Mali to the east, Guinea and Guinea Bissau to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Gambia juts into the center of the country like a dagger.

A sea of sand dunes dominate the northern part of the Senegal coast while in the south the landscape is covered with muddy estuaries. Inland is a variety of terrains, from the sandy plains of the north and the floodplain of the Senegal River foothills of Futa Jallon in the southeast. Much of the northwest is semi-desert, but the center and most of the south, except for the forest of Casamance, are dominated by open savannah.

UNCDF has been active in Senegal since 1979, working closely with the UN Development Programme and other organizations to assist the government with a wide range of poverty alleviation initiatives. UNCDF's current programme in Senegal is in line with the Fund's policy of assisting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that are committed to principles of good governance and decentralization.

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