Sierra Leone

Poor countries cut public spending, debt payments trebled

17 January 2020 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign

Figures calculated by Jubilee Debt Campaign from IMF and World Bank data show that growing debt burdens are contributing to public spending cuts. For the 15 countries spending over 18% of revenue on debt payments, 14 saw public spending cuts (...)
SOCFIN: profits on the rise, but not for local communities

30 May 2018 - by CADTM France, CADTM Belgium, Collective

NGOs and solidarity organisations supporting the struggles of affected local communities assess the problems caused, and promises unkept, by the SOCFIN group, as shareholders meet for the rubber and oil palm giant’s AGM on 30 May. Five years (...)
West Africa: The Roots of the Ebola epidemic

1 August 2016 - by Samar Al-Bulushi

A long history of multinational corporate exploitation and political corruption crippled West Africa’s response to the Ebola epidemic. In December 2014, approximately six months after the Sierra Leonean government announced the presence of the (...)
Account from a consultant to the World Bank

How a decision of the World Bank once more nearly caused a famine

29 January 2007 - by Eric Toussaint

Peter Griffiths, a British economist is given a 4 months mission starting from September 1986 by the government of Sierra Leone. His official mission is to make recommendations about the food security policy of the country. From the first day (...)