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Sierra Leone Economic Update 2024

Breaking the crisis cycle

The report devotes a special topic on the energy examining how limited access to electricity hinders economic development and growth.
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Unlocking the Future

In the quest to bolster its education system, Sierra Leone is reshaping it with a singular focus on early grade literacy.
Ending Gender Based Violence

Empowering Women in Sierra Leone

From childhood to adolescence, adulthood, GBV remains a barrier to women’s empowerment and their ability to thrive in society.

Sierra Leone At-A-Glance

After slowing to 3.5% in 2018 from 3.8% in the previous year, economic growth in Sierra Leone is projected to rebound to 4.8% in 2019 driven by increased activities in agriculture and construction as well as the resumption of iron ore production and exports. Growth in these labor-intensive sectors could make a dent on poverty which remains widespread in the country (more than half of the...

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Sierra Leone Skills Development Project

This project aims to increase access to skills training and build the foundation for a demand-led skills development system.

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Robert Taliercio O'Brien

Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

Abdu Muwonge

Country Manager

Michelle Keane

Operations Manager for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

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Jul 17, 2024

CPIA Africa

The 2024 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2023. In 2023, the average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remained broadly like ...
Oct 14, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Apr 05, 2024

IDA Impact in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
World Bank Africa Multimedia

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Doing Business in Sierra Leone

The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.

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