This article examines first the evolution and deterioration of the District Councils as the second tier of local government in Sierra Leone, and secondly considers the current refurbishing of the chiefdom administrations to constitute a new experiment in local governance. Notes....
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said the friendship between Sierra Leone and China is indestructible. Cooperation between the two countries has changed the lives of the Sierra Leonean people and the face of the country. "We are deeply grateful for it, which is the true friendship," Bah said. ...
In January 2021, the Sierra Leone Governmentremoved all taxes on environmentally friendly activitiesto encouragethe use of sustainable environmental products. TheFinanceAct 2021exempts supplies exclusively relating to themanagement and recycling of plastic and other waste. This exemption covers supplies derive...
The civil war in Sierra Leone stretched over one decade and largely commenced with internal civic animosity of principally students, intellectuals, and unemployed rural youth against a corrupt and inept government and external factors with neighboring Li
The Sierra Leone Basic and Senior Secondary Education Act of 2023 bans corporal punishment by school staff and teachers; however, the prevalence of corporal punishment in school settings in Sierra Leone continues to be high, likely because best practices in classroom management have not been ...
While Sierra Leone has made significant progress over the last 18 years, national and local governance remain fragile and disposed to the same triggers that led to the civil conflict. This is heightened by an increased interest over the last two decades in Sierra Leone’s land and othernatural...
convince people to visit the hospital, because people were always apprehensive that if they come to the hospital they will tell them that they have COVID and they will keep them in the hospitals, so a lot of people are not actually visiting the health centers.”(Government, Sierra Leone, ...
A NOTE ON TWO RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCES IN SIERRA LEONENo abstract is available for this item.doi:10.1002/j.1099-162x.1951.tb01314.xThe African Studies BranchPublic Administration and Development
Edwards, Benjamin, Serdar Yilmaz and Jamie Boex. 2014. "Decentralization as a Post-Conflict Strategy: Local Government Discretion and Accountability in Sierra Leone," Public Administration and Development 35(1): 46-60.Edwards, B., S. Yilmaz, and J. Boex. 2015. "Decentralization as a Post‐...