The disctrict focus approach to development

The current Sierra Leone National Human Development Report (SL-NHDR) is the third so far and the first to be published since the end of the civil war. The theme for the SL-NHDR is, ‘Empowering Local Government for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction’. The Government of Sierra Leone has adopted decentralisation and local empowerment as a key strategy for consolidating peace and reducing poverty. The enactment of the Local Government Act, 2004 marked the beginning of the decentralisation process in the country. The current report seeks to explore this theme using information collected from the latest countrywide census of 2004 and the most current socio-economic data.