thumb|The headquarters of the Central Bank of West African States, Dakar. thumb|A jet of the national airline, Air Senegal International. thumb|A sugar processing plant of the Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise at Richard Toll. thumb|The main street of the tourist resort town of Saly. thumb|Many small businesses, like this tyre repair shop in Touba, are financed through the Mouride Islamic brotherhood. thumb|Paris Salon international de l'Agriculture 2007: the government actively promotes agricultural exports to markets outside the developing world. thumb|Small scale fishing for local markets is visible all through the country. Here fishermen return to the beach at Soumbedioun, Dakar. thumb|A Rock phosphate surface mine in western Senegal, near Taïba. The economy of Senegal is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fishing and agriculture, which are the main sources of employment in rural areas, despite abundant natural resources in iron, zircon, gas, gold, phosphates, and numerous oil discoveries recently. Senegal's economy gains most of its foreign exchange from fish, phosphates, groundnuts, tourism, and services. As one of the dominant parts of the economy, the agricultural sector of Senegal is highly vulnerable to environmental conditions, such as variations in rainfall and climate change, and changes in world commodity prices.
thumb|The headquarters of the Central Bank of West African States, Dakar. thumb|A jet of the national airline, Air Senegal International. thumb|A sugar processing plant of the Compagnie sucrière sénégalaise at Richard Toll. thumb|The main street of the tourist resort town of Saly. thumb|Many small businesses, like this tyre repair shop in Touba, are financed through the Mouride Islamic brotherhood. thumb|Paris Salon international de l'Agriculture 2007: the government actively promotes agricultural exports to markets outside the developing world. thumb|Small scale fishing for local markets is visible all through the country. Here fishermen return to the beach at Soumbedioun, Dakar. thumb|A Rock phosphate surface mine in western Senegal, near Taïba. The economy of Senegal is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fishing and agriculture, which are the main sources of employment in rural areas, despite abundant natural resources in iron, zircon, gas, gold, phosphates, and numerous oil discoveries recently. Senegal's economy gains most of its foreign exchange from fish, phosphates, groundnuts, tourism, and services. As one of the dominant parts of the economy, the agricultural sector of Senegal is highly vulnerable to environmental conditions, such as variations in rainfall and climate change, and changes in world commodity prices.