I was asked to add my few Leones worth of ideas to the above. I usually avoid getting into the debate for several reasons. First, some reportedly corrupt societies in recent history have displayed remarkable growth at early periods – China after Tianaman, Indonesia twenty years ago, and Salone between 2010 and 2013. The drivers […]
A silver lining?
A silver lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra Leone was just posted by the World Bank Institute’s Governance for Extractive Industries Program (GOXI) written in collaboration with Nicolas Maennling and Lisa Sachs. From 2002 to 2013, resource-rich countries in Africa enjoyed the benefits of a commodity boom, using increased revenues […]
Reminiscent of the past?
Anything new, have we been down this road before? Parliament: 2 new APC MPs take oath as SLPP MPs walk out All but one Member of Parliament of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party Monday staged a walk out in parliament during the swearing-in-ceremony of two MPs of the ruling All People’s Congress. http://slconcordtimes.com/parliament-2-new-apc-mps-take-oath-as-slpp-mps-walk-out/
GAC Summit (World Economic Forum)
“One of the underlying threads running through the recent GAC Summit (World Economic Forum) was the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This paradigm shift of connected industry and Artificial Intelligence is advancing exponentially faster than previous revolutions, with deep consequences for economy, society and politics.” Culled from the WEF’s weekly bulletin <GAC@e.weforum.org> . This happened last week and […]
Rethink the five year mandate
Constitutional Review. Time to rethink the five year mandate. It forces our leaders to look for quick wins, and this is often at the expense of longer term and more sustainable results. Short five year terms may be OK for “matured” economies, their railways are already built, road infrastructure in place, cities more or less […]
Policy dilemmas and alternatives in a post-Ebola Economy
Sierra Leone’s economic performance in the three years preceding the Ebola outbreak was impressive. The decline in iron ore prices occurred at the same time and wreaked further havoc to the economy. Paradoxically, some of the consequences were off-set by the Ebola dividend—budget support, limited debt relief, and more aid from donors including the IMF, […]