This report describes the progress made in implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone covering the period 2005–07. Efforts to reform the public sector were not successful. Management and Functional Reviews were conducted for several ministries, departments, and...

Sector Wide Approaches (SWAp) emerged during the 1990s as a new policy mechanism for aid delivery. Eschewing many features of traditional project-based aid, SWAps give greater control of aid allocation to recipient countries. Some critics have questioned whether reducing a donor's level of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural factors responsible for why “donor darling” has not changed the pitfalls of stagnation and lifted post‐conflict Sierra Leone out of poverty. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a bottom‐up approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural factors responsible for why “donor darling” has not changed the pitfalls of stagnation and lifted post-conflict Sierra Leone out of poverty. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a bottom-up approach (“through...

Reviews the coordination mechanisms and structures for crisis response and reconstruction available within the UN system and elsewhere. Highlights the coordination challenge facing the ILO in tackling the adverse impact of crises on employment. Explores reasons behind the need for coordination...