Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Shared Prosperity (SCAPP)

The Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Shared Prosperity (SCAPP) is Mauritania’s long-term national development framework, initiated in 2016 and spanning through 2030. ¹ It addresses economic transformation, human capital development, and governance across all 13 regions and 219 municipalities. ²
Th SCAPP envisions “higher, sustainable, and more inclusive growth and job creation, development of human capital, improving access to basic social services, and strengthened governance.” ^{3 4}

SCAPP aims to achieve sustainable and inclusive development across Mauritania. ⁵ It serves as a national development roadmap to reduce regional disparities and integrate international development frameworks, such as SDGs and Agenda 2063, into national planning. ⁶ The strategy focuses particularly on geographic, social, and economic inequalities in vulnerable regions like Hodh Chargui. ⁷

To implement the vision, SCAPP is operates through rolling five-year action plans, ⁸ including specifically the following components:

• Pilot area: Hodh Chargui region, hosts 50,000 to 70,000 Malian refugees, among the most populous regions. ⁹
• Main sectors: Economic growth, ¹⁰ human capital, governance and decentrali ^{11 12}
• Approach: Regional pilot (SCRAPP), local capacity-building, SDG integration. ¹³

The SCAPP is built on principles of decentralization, participation, sustainability, inclusivity, and environmental sustainability. Local populations and authorities are directly involved in planning, implementation, and monitoring the development policies ¹⁴ tailored to local contexts. Additionally, sustainability is further emphasized through alignment with Mauritania’s National Strategy for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SNEDD), which vision is ¹⁵ preserved environment at the service of sustainable development.” ¹⁶

The SCAPP is led by Mauritania’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, under the oversight of the Prime Minister’s office. ¹⁷ Coordination is managed through a multi-level structure that includes Inter-ministerial Steering Committee (CIP) chaired by the Prime Minister; ¹⁸ the Enlarged Consultation Committee, chaired by the Minister of Economy and Finance and involving civil society and other stakeholders; ¹⁹ and the SCAPP Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CCS-SCAPP), chaired by the Director General of Development Policies and Strategies. ²⁰ Key development partners supporting SCAPP include the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which provides technical assistance; ²¹ the World Bank, which contributed analytical insights through its Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD); ²² and the African Development Bank, whose country strategy is closely aligned with the SCAPP’s Second Action Plan (PA2). ²³

The SCAPP implementation over phases:
· Phase 1 (2016-2020): Strategic frameworks, baseline development, and initial action plan,
· Phase 2 (2021-2025): Second action plan, under implementation, ²⁴ including regional pilot project (SCRAPP); emphasizes expansion, regionalization, and more inclusive development policies.
· Hodh Chargui pilot launch: June 2020, with initial evaluation September 2020. ²⁵
Further work needed on nationalizing SDG targets and indicators, especially per the 2019 Voluntary National and UCLG recommendations. ²⁶