Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2024: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has announced that it has selected Liberia as newly eligible to develop a compact. According to the published statement, Liberia was selected as eligible in recognition of the country’s commitment to pursuing critic...
After the economic slowdown in 2009, the outlook this year for Sierra Leone is more favorable. Growth is expected to pick up due to buoyant output in the service and agriculture sectors. However, inflation will remain in double digits this year owing to the one time jump in prices from the...
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 January 2021: The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. A recovery, however, will likely be subdued, unless policy makers move decisively to tame the pandemic and ...
The report presents empirical evidence from a recently completed comprehensive, micro-level survey of the major economic sectors of Sierra Leone in relation to the debate on the employment-output conflict. Evidence was examined from the demand and supply side. Evidence of a favorable demand outlook ...
The Sierra Leonean government has implemented the improved rice varieties directed at enhancing more rice production to reduce food insecurity. This paper evaluates the food security effect of improved rice variety adoption using cross-sectional data col
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/acaps_start_briefing_note_sierra_leone_mudslides_and_floods_170816.pdf. African Development Bank (2017) African Economic Outlook 2017. https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AEO_2017_Report_Full_English.pdf. ...
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 January 2021: Output in the Sub-Saharan Africa region contracted by an estimated 3.7% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns disrupted economic activity. As a result, per capita income shrank by 6.1% in 2020, setting avera...