REFT Africa
Studies and completed work
Nine studies carried out between 1992 and 2026. Each entry sets out an assignment conducted for a client: the question asked, the method, the quantified findings and the recommendations.
August 2026 · Reading note Public finance
Senegal's 2027-2029 budget framework: cutting the deficit to 3 % without cutting investment
How do you cut a deficit from 6.47 % to 3 % of GDP in three years while raising investment by 510 billion? The sheet sets out the trajectory, the macroeconomic framing, the allocation of investment and six points to watch.
Read the studyAugust 2026 · Ex-ante evaluation Fisheries economics
Six landing sites in Casamance: ex-ante evaluation of a fisheries programme
A 12.5 billion FCFA programme assessed site by site, from two viewpoints: that of the community and that of the facility operator. With an unusual central assumption — no increase in catch.
Read the studyApril 2022 · Qualitative study Public health
Why viral load results do not reach the patient: analysis of a health process
One hundred and eleven interviews across five health facilities in Dakar and Mbour, to understand where viral load measurement breaks down. Turnaround times range from twenty-four hours to ten months depending on the site.
Read the studyJune 2021 · Evaluation Public health
Prospective Country Evaluation — Senegal: 2021 extension report
An extension of the annual report, this phase examines grant revisions, the distinction between supporting and strengthening health systems, and lessons from the COVID-19 response.
Read the studyMarch 2021 · Evaluation Public health
Prospective Country Evaluation — Senegal: annual report 2020-2021
An independent evaluation of the Global Fund's grant cycle in Senegal, focused on diagnostic capacity and the DHIS2 health information system. Eighty-one documents analysed, twenty-five interviews, ninety-three meetings observed.
Read the studyOctober 2019 · Baseline study Agriculture and food security
Post-monetization impact assessment of the LIFFT-Cashew project (Senegal)
The monetization of crude degummed soybean oil funds a six-year programme. Does it destabilise local groundnut oil production? The study says no, and identifies where the real market pressures lie.
Read the studySeptember 2010 · Value chain study Agriculture and food security
Study of the rice value chain in The Gambia
A value chain held by women, crushed by imports and starved of credit. A survey of 370 farms, price monitoring across seven markets, and recommendations for intervening in the Central River Region.
Read the studyJune 2007 · Study and design Agriculture and food security
A market information system for South West Cameroon
Forty-six localities surveyed, ninety markets inventoried, sixteen media outlets catalogued. A diagnosis of the previous service that collapsed after eighteen months, and the full architecture of its successor.
Read the studyNovember 1992 · Research Fisheries economics
Managing small-scale marine fishing units in Senegal: the SEPROM case
Can a formal company run by graduates succeed in a sector considered informal? Six months of fieldwork on the beaches of Hann, Mbour and Bargny, and a financial analysis of one fishing company across six years.
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