Archive for the ‘Economic Development Challenges’ Category

A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming NGOs and Enhancing Their Relevance as Development Partners in Sierra Leone

What should be the defining principle of the Koroma administration National Development Strategy is balance. President Koroma cannot expect to eliminate national development challenges through a unilateral political agenda, to do everything and coordinate everything based on his All People’s Congress (APC) party ideology. His APC party with its “corporate agenda” for Sierra Leone rolled [...]

Local Councils: A pivotal but disappointing role in Sierra Leone?s socio-political and economic development debate

Local government structure in Sierra Leone essentially consists of a system of 19 elected councils, broken down into 5 city councils (Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Koidu-New Sembehun and Makeni); the municipality of Bonthe and 13 district councils consisting of the 12 districts   (Pujehun, Bo, Moyamba, Bonthe, Kenema, Kailahun, Kono, Tonkolili, Bombali, Port Loko, Kambia, Koinadugu) and [...]

DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE

Personal life is a term ascribed to describe an individual human beings activities and lifestyles. People’s personal lives have changed throughout history and vary through different cultures and socio-economic environments. Definition Their surroundings, personal physicality and economic constraints determine an individual’s personal life. Technologically and economically advanced countries tend to produce a society where personal [...]