01744cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008033 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451833942 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Senegal : Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics; Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency; and Securities Supervision. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Senegal's financial sector is dominated by 10 commercial banks, which account for more than 85 percent of total financial sector assets. The banking system in the country has gradually regained health and is generally well regulated and supervised. The high concentration of credit risk in bank loan portfolios is unavoidable given that banks have little scope for further portfolio diversification. Microfinance development in the country has kept pace with the dynamic evolution of this sector in the West African Economic and Monetary Union region. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/189 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2001/189/002.2001.issue-189-en.xml IMF e-Library