This article has provided a non-empirical approach in addressing the potential for sustainable research at all levels in Sierra Leone. It is an indisputable fact that remnants of the civil crisis and more lately, the Ebola crisis have contributed to the country's under-developed research...

This article has provided some philosophical thoughts concerning the journey of research undertakings involving human participants, with consideration given to both natural/physical and human/social science fields, and with a focus on the situation in Sierra Leone (where ‘ethical prudence'...

The article has provided an unbiased discourse on the subject of market failure, with focus on the health service system (HSS) in Sierra Leone. It is acknowledged that market failure in the country's HSS is a real concern that has gone unchecked for decades by successive governments. In view of...

This study was undertaken with a view of presenting a balanced critical discourse on the concept of Phronesis as applied in the political economy of Sierra Leone. The country is renowned for being endowed with the abundance of non(renewable) natural resources, while at the same time for poor...

Research in the subject area of economics (as a social science) has defined its ontology of scientific investigation through economic methodology; a philosophical approach entailing the proviso of empirical evidence, and backed by an understanding of human interaction in their natural habitat....

Goderich is a community that lies within strategic position in the Western Area Peninsula Forest [WAPFoR]. It has a fast growing population, fuelled by a regeneration of new building construction projects but at a cost to the depletion of forest reserve and ultimately, mobility/extinction of...

FLEGT is an acronym in reference to the global monitoring of timber trade. This paper has explored the initiative by reviewing laws relating to the protection of forest resources through illegal timber trading activities. Cooperation with countries in all the four stages of the VPA have made it...

This article has taken a step towards providing a critical discourse approach on the future of sustainable growth for HETIs in Sierra Leone. The system, as it is at the moment, needs a complete review and overhaul in order to move forward in competing with HETIs on a global scale. The government...

This article examined the scope and relevance of integrating technology in Sierra Leone's higher education systems. It discussed the general scope of technology provision in HEIs across the country, and the effectiveness of the National ICT Policy in enabling effective delivery of targets like...

The thought about taking an ethical view-point to this research has emanated from the researcher's journey in preparing for a baseline survey of residents in Goderich using the Community-Based Research Participation (CBRP) approach to investigating concerns pertaining to sustainable livelihood...