GLOBAL CRISIS AND POVERTY PREVENTION. Most recent statistics indicate that the global financial crisis will cause a fall in export earnings in Sierra Leone of approximately fifteen percent in 2009 compared to 2008. A regression-based model estimates that this decline in exports earnings could...

This book is a study of the impact of macroeconomic structural adjustment policies on the economy of Sierra Leone. It is structured around the policies fostered by and role of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. It is the basic argument of the book that these two organizations,...

[Global crisis and poverty prevention] Most recent statistics indicate that the global financial crisis will cause a fall in export earnings in Sierra Leone of approximately fifteen percent in 2009 compared to 2008. A regression-based model estimates that this decline in exports earnings could...

In August 2009, the Freetown Declaration by the African finance ministers committed their governments to 'implement fiscal stimulus measures' to counter the effects of the international financial crisis. This paper analyses the institutional and economic feasibility of realising this commitment....