Country assistance strategy 2007-2010 seeks to support Senegal's effort in achieving its ambitious development agenda. It is the result of a participatory process through which the World Bank Group (WBG) aims to (i) optimize its experience in Senegal; (ii) align its support with the Government's PRSP priorities and the Bank's Africa Action Plan (AAP); and (iii) find synergies with partners. The new CAS recognizes that more efforts are needed to address the challenge of weak governance in Senegal and introduces a governance filter comprising four core principles to ensure that governance considerations are mainstreamed into all WBG's programs: (i) improve transparency and efficiency in the use of public resources; (ii) increase public sector accountability; (iii) strengthen and modernize the judicial system; and (iv) enhance mechanisms for private sector governance. This focus should help Senegal to close the gap with successful emerging countries.