Report

Governance, Accountability and Effective Basic Service Delivery in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s Post-War development is normatively and politically hinged on a signpost of good governance. Almost all the governance related strategies and public policy documents articulate the consequences of bad governance. Most of these policies argue that bad governance is not only the most dominant factor for the causes of the ten-years bloodiest war in the country’s history but it is
also believed to be the main cause of the endemic poverty that has kept Sierra Leone at the bottom of the Human Development Index. Governance Actors basic services such as primary education, water supply and feeder roads are public goods that are necessary if not a right for all households in the country. The main finding in this analysis is that in spite of the dominance of the public sector in the delivery of these services, there is still diversity in the provision of these services with the private and communities playing a significant role.