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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Sierra Leone: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
This Selected Issues paper highlights mobilizing mining revenue in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is a resource-rich economy, and its mining sector can generate revenue to finance its development goals and ensure debt sustainability. It previously incorporated its mining fiscal regime for industrial miners into mineral license agreements that are difficult to modify. Negotiated tax concessions, combined with acute capacity challenges in revenue administration, are hindering revenue performances and have led to an elevated reliance on fees and trade taxes which increase investor costs, hindering competitiveness. Sierra Leone legislated a new fiscal regime—the Extractive Industries Revenue Act (EIRA)—in 2018 for new investments. Applying the EIRA could significantly boost revenue performance, whilst also ensuring taxes are responsive to changes in economic conditions. Stronger revenue performance will require a stronger revenue administration. Efforts to improve mineral royalty compliance are starting to pay dividends but NRA will need to bolster its resources and widen its skill sets.
Keywords:
trade cost; programs in Sierra Leone; spending program; policy option; Policy recommendation; inflation surge; Climate change; Women; Inflation; Food security; Trade facilitation; Sub-Saharan Africa; Global
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Sierra Leone: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund
This Joint Staff Advisory Note describes the progress made on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in Sierra Leone on the basis of the June 2008 progress report. The report analyzes key elements of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), including: macroeconomic performance; good governance, peace, and security; pro-poor sustainable growth for food security and job creation; human resource development; and monitoring and evaluation of the PRS. The progress report correctly indicates that implementation of poverty reduction programs suffered setbacks owing to weak revenue performance and delays in external budget support since late 2006.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; revenue; government; sc; policy; priority poverty-reducing program; PRS objective; poverty-reducing expenditure; monetary policy; expenditure program; crowding out poverty; fuel price hike; Job creation; Food security; Poverty reduction strategy; Civil service reform
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Sierra Leone: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund
This Joint Staff Advisory Note reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Sierra Leone. The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) provides an adequate framework for reducing poverty in Sierra Leone. The PRSP is the result of an extensive participatory process. The foundation of the PRSP is a series of extensive consultations conducted throughout the country. The IMF staff believes that statistical capacity-building, with donor support, will be essential for monitoring progress in the implementation of the PRSP in Sierra Leone.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; PRSP; government; PRS; poverty diagnosis; participatory poverty assessment; PRSP alignment; government program; implementation of the PRSP; PRSP implementation; PRSP program; Poverty reduction strategy; Poverty reduction; Food security; Health care