Sierra Leone Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PRSP

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Sierra LeonePoverty Reduction Strategy
Paper(PRSP)

• Presented at the 8th DEPAC Meeting in Freetown
  10/11 June 2004

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Introduction

• This report summarises the status of the PRSP
  preparatory activities.
• The report will be presented in six parts
• i) participatory activities
• ii) Poverty diagnostics
• iii) Policy Framework Matrix of pillars
• iv) Indicators and Monitoring
• v) Costing and Financing
• vi) Institutional Arrangements

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• PRSP PARTICIPATORYWORKSHEET PLAN

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• SL-PRSP PILLARS 
• PILLAR I Promoting Good Governance, Peace and
  Security.
• Strategic components
• Good Governance
• (includes Decentralisation, Judicial Reform,
  Human Rights, Civil Service Reform, Information
  Dissemination, Anti-Corruption, Civil Society,
  the Electoral System, National Statistical
  System, etc.)
• Security (at local, district, regional and state
  levels)
• RSLAF
• SLP
• Peace-Building (and National Reconciliation)
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• PILLAR II Promoting Pro-Poor Sustainable
  Growth within a Healthy Macroeconomic
  Framework.
• Strategic Sectors
• Macroeconomic Management (Fiscal, Public
  Revenue and Expenditure Management, Financial and
  Private Sector Development, etc.)
• Productive Sectors
• Agriculture and Food Security (Crop,
  Forestry/Wildlife, Fisheries and Livestock)
• Mining,
• Tourism,
• Infrastructure (Energy, Housing, Information
  Com. Technology (ICT), and Transport).

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•  PILLAR III Promoting Human Development
• Strategic Sectors
• Health
• Education
• Water and Sanitation

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• PILLAR IV Promoting a Caring Society and
  improving the Living Conditions of vulnerable
• Strategic Areas
• Gender and Children
• Youths
• Vulnerable Groups (People with Disabilities,
  Disabled, Widows, Aged etc.)
• HIV/AIDS
• Environment

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Indicators and Monitoring

• Sector strategies and actions proposed under the
  pillars
• poverty data from the IHHS, PPAs and the
  FGDsessentially, we plan to use 2003/2004 as the
  baseline for all indicators. 

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Monitoring of the PRSP

• - overall responsibility for monitoring be
  vested in a National Level Committee chaired by
  the VP and supported by a Technical Secretariat
  (TS). (Option 1). - The MoF and MODEP will be
  key members of this Committee.  - The roles of
  the following entities will be crucial to the
  functioning of the TS PPA, FGD and PETS
  Teams. - The key requirements for monitoring
  are being developed.

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V) Costing and Financing

• (Edmund to comment on this section) VI)
  Implementation Arrangements- Government at all
  levels, NGOs, civil society, community
  organisations and the private sector will
  collaborate in fulfilling the overarching goal of
  poverty reduction. - The role of Government is
  central.  - Plans for fiscal and administrative
  decentralisation from the centre to local
  authorities following the establishment of
  District, Town and City Councils and the specific
  decentralisation plans of the Ministries and
  other national institutions.  

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VI) Implementation Arrangements( Contd)

• - (The respective roles of the MoF, MODEP, line
  ministries, PASCO, DACO, etc are yet to be fully
  discussed) Without a comprehensive assessment
  of the capacities of the various councils, a
  sequencing of the transfer of responsibilities is
  envisaged.

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TIMETABLE FOR COMPLETION OF DRAFT REPORT

• End of July 2004