The National Social Security and Insurance Trust is a Statutory Public Trust, charged with the responsibility of administering Sierra Leone’s National Pension Scheme. By the National Social Security and Insurance Trust Act. No. 5 of 20th July 2001. The...
The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary Public University system in Sierra Leone, which, as of May 2005, was reconstituted into the individual colleges of Fourah Bay College - (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and...
This page was created with the purpose of linking the materials available on the socialprotection.org platform related to government work of Sierra Leone. The page does not represent an official communication channel of the country.
The Commission provides the lead in the crusade against corruption in Sierra Leone and partners with other key institutions to prevent, eradicate and/or suppress corruption and corrupt practices. It takes a three pronged approach – prevention, education...
This page was created with the purpose of linking the materials available on the socialprotection.org platform related to government work of Sierra Leone. The page does not represent an official communication channel of the country.
Social protection has increasingly been considered as a policy-level intervention for reducing vulnerability and extreme poverty, and this can take on a variety of forms. However, increasing attention has also been given to conceptualising social...
Institutions and agencies involved: European University Institute, EUI
The objective of this assessment is to respond to the government's call for analytical work to guide the development of an improved social protection system. Its goal is to help the government to put the social protection policy into action and to...
Institutions and agencies involved: World Bank Group
This edition of the "The World of Work" magazine relates to social security as a crisis response and focuses in particular on the establishment and affordability of a basic social protection floor for all. Topics discussed include: the role of social...
Institutions and agencies involved: International Labour Organization, ILO
This Project Briefing discusses whether cash transfers are an appropriate, feasible, affordable tool to assist Sierra Leone’s post-conflict transition, contribute to reducing poverty levels.
Evidence on how cash transfers can reduce poverty remains a hot topic in both development and relief circles. Some development agencies have put cash transfers at the centre of their social protection strategies. However, cash transfers are far from a...