## _cr0717 ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [_cr0717](https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr0717.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr0717.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr0717.pdf.json) --- ### Introduction and PRSP overview - Coverage period: June 2005 to May 2006. - Government adoption: The Government of Sierra Leone adopted the PRSP in June 2005. - Nationwide consultative processes used: Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs) and Focus Group Discussions (FDGs). - Consultative Group (CG) meeting: held in London on 29th and 30th November 2005. - Development partner pledges at CG: an estimated US $864 million to support implementation for 2005-2007 (does not include expected HIPC and MDRI debt relief). - PRSP structure — three pillars: - Good Governance, Peace and Security; - Food Security, Job Creation and Growth; - Human Development. - Linkages: PRSP indicators closely linked to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - Key implementation challenges: - Limited capacity for efficient coordination at central level. - Need for operational knowledge to translate program goals into concrete measures. - Lack of a comprehensive monitoring system during initial stages. - Weak capacities in various line ministries. - Statistical data system focused on quantitative rather than qualitative data. - Priority process: strengthen links between planning and budgetary processes; align planning with resources from international assistance; strengthen programme budgeting and sector approaches. - Result: PRSP now has greater influence in planning and allocation of budget resources. ### Framework for implementation — guiding principles - Main principles: - Mainstream poverty reduction across government and partners. - Build ownership through inclusive participatory processes with civil society, private and public sectors, and vulnerable groups. - Achieve transparency via a well-defined planning process, efficient coordination and prioritization. - Engage local-level PRS implementation through local governments, NGOs, private sector and donors as part of decentralization. - Build partnerships to improve coordination and information sharing. ### Institutional implementation framework and roles - Coordinating secretariat: Development Assistance Coordination Office (DACO) — secretariat for coordination and monitoring. - Framework components: - Policy Committees: Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) and Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC). - Technical Committees: National Technical Committee (NTC), Pillar Working Groups (PWGs), Local Council M&E Committees, Civil Society Monitoring Groups. - Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) - Chair: Vice President. - Membership includes Ministry of Finance, MODEP, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Works and Ministry of Youths and Sports. - Mandate expanded to cover PRSP implementation and monitoring. - Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC) - Forum for continuous dialogue between Government and development partners. - DEPAC began meeting in 2003; shifted focus to PRSP preparation in 2004 and helped plan the November 2005 CG meeting. - Achievements: mobilised funds for resumption of Rutile mining and restarting the Bumbuna Hydroelectric project. - National Technical Committee (NTC) - Composed of technical Heads of selected MDAs and civil society/NGO representatives. - Met fortnightly during CG preparation; produced Results Matrix and Activity Matrix. - Post-CG: revived to endorse reports from PRSP Pillar Working Groups. - Pillar Working Groups (PWGs) - Established per pillar; meet regularly to address implementation bottlenecks, technical coordination and programme issues. - Findings feed DEPAC discussions. - Civil Society Monitoring Groups - DACO collaborated with ENCISS to create national Civil Society Monitoring Groups for regional sensitization on PRSP implementation. - Local Councils and District Arrangements - District planning committees set up in all districts. - Each council has a PRSP focal point reporting to DACO. - District monitoring committees collate and disseminate poverty-related data quarterly. ### Monitoring, evaluation and capacity issues - DACO M&E unit staff recruited: - A Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - A poverty Data Analyst - Two programme Support Officers - Functions of DACO M&E unit: - Secretariat for PWG and NTC meetings. - Coordinate collection and collation of poverty-related data. - Facilitate analysis by PWGs. - Identified M&E challenges: - Initial lack of comprehensive monitoring system. - Weak capacity in line ministries for impact analysis. - Statistical systems focused on quantitative data with limited qualitative information. - Ongoing response: issues are being addressed gradually. ### Results Framework, reporting and Results Based Management - Indicators revised for Education, Health and Agriculture to include precise definitions, frequency, methodology, responsible agency, baseline and targets. - Quarterly reporting format developed for these three ministries. - Performance Tracking Table (PTT) developed: - Tracks quarterly progress of MDAs, requires definition of policy outcomes, baselines, end-year targets and planned quarterly results. - PTT extends beyond PRSP to overall government programmes. ### Financing the PRSP (section 1.4) - Total cost of PRSP programmes for 2005-2007: Le 5.3 billion. - Projected MTEF poverty related expenditure: Le 2.4 billion. - Additional amount required to fully implement the PRSP: Le 2.8 billion or US$941 million. - Reprioritised activity matrix — cost of priority activities: US$368.4 million (excludes cost of implementing programmes for 2005, ongoing programmes with identified funding, and non-top-priority activities). - Total pledges at the CG meeting for 2005-2007: US $875 million. - Additionality from the CG to address the funding gap of US$368.4 million amounted to US $246 million. - Remaining funding gap: US $122.2 million. ### Selected macroeconomic and fiscal indicators (exact series) - Real GDP Growth — Aggregate: 2004: 7.4; 2005: 7.3; 2006: 7.4; 2007: 6.5; 2008: 6.1 - Real GDP Growth — Per-capita: 2004: 5.3; 2005: 5.2; 2006: 5.3; 2007: 4.4; 2008: 4.0 - Investment (share of GDP): 2004: 10.6; 2005: 17.2; 2006: 15.0; 2007: 14.9; 2008: 15.2 - Foreign Savings (share of GDP): 2004: 15.6; 2005: 18.5; 2006: 16.3; 2007: 15.0; 2008: 13.7 - Fiscal Savings: 2004: -1.2; 2005: -1.6; 2006: -0.2; 2007: 0.3; 2008: 0.5 - Exports Goods & Non-factor Services a/: 2004: 22.3; 2005: 24.0; 2006: 27.6; 2007: 28.2; 2008: 28.3 - Imports Goods & Non-factor Services: 2004: 37.9; 2005: 42.5; 2006: 44.0; 2007: 43.3; 2008: 42.1 - Current Account Balance c/: 2004: -4.9; 2005: -7.3; 2006: -6.9; 2007: -6.4; 2008: -6.0 - Revenue and Grants (share of GDP): 2004: 21.3; 2005: 21.9; 2006: 21.2; 2007: 19.9; 2008: 19.7 - Revenues: 2004: 12.3; 2005: 11.9; 2006: 12.4; 2007: 12.8; 2008: 13.2 - Grants: 2004: 9.0; 2005: 10.0; 2006: 8.8; 2007: 7.1; 2008: 6.5 - Expenditures (share of GDP): 2004: 24.8; 2005: 24.6; 2006: 21.7; 2007: 22.6; 2008: 22.4 - Consumption: 2004: 13.5; 2005: 13.5; 2006: 12.6; 2007: 12.5; 2008: 12.7 - Interest and Other: 2004: 6.7; 2005: 5.3; 2006: 4.0; 2007: 4.0; 2008: 3.6 - Development: 2004: 4.6; 2005: 5.8; 2006: 5.1; 2007: 6.1; 2008: 6.1 - Fiscal Balance: 2004: -3.5; 2005: -2.7; 2006: -0.5; 2007: -2.7; 2008: -2.7 - Consumer Price Inflation (%, p.a.) d/: 2004: 14.2; 2005: 12.1; 2006: 12.4; 2007: 9.3; 2008: 8.0 - Treasury Bill Interest Rate (%, e.o.p.): 2004: 28.0; 2005: 16.0; 2006: ..; 2007: ..; 2008: .. - Exchange Rate (Le/US$, p.a.): 2004: 2,703; 2005: 2,950; 2006: ..; 2007: ..; 2008: .. ### 2005 performance and trade - Real GDP increased by 7.3 percent in 2005. - Annual average consumer price inflation for 2005: 12 percent; year-on-year inflation: 13.1 percent. - Merchandise imports 2005 vs 2004: - Imports rose from US$286.4 million (26.75 percent of GDP) in 2004 to US$340.1 million (28.52 percent) in 2005 — an increase of 18.75 percent. - Largest increases: imports of fuel, machinery and manufactured goods. - Exports 2005 vs 2004: - Exports grew by 9.28 percent to US$152.6 million in 2005 from US$139.7 million in 2004. - Exports as share of GDP fell from 13.04 percent in 2004 to 12.80 percent in 2005. - Diamonds formed by far the largest share of total exports. - Trade deficit widened to US$187.4 million (15.7 percent of GDP) in 2005 versus US$146.7 million (13.7 percent of GDP) in 2004. ### Fiscal performance — Domestic Primary Balance for FY 2005 (selected exact figures) - Original PRGF Target — Primary Balance: (77,887) -2.21% of GDP - Revised PRGF Target — Primary Balance: (70,518) -2.00% of GDP - Actual — Primary Balance: (106,740) -3.03% of GDP - Variance — Primary Balance: (36,222) -1.03% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Original PRGF Target): 434,982 12.36% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Revised PRGF Target): 428,347 12.18% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Actual): 415,982 11.82% of GDP - Wages and salaries (Actual): 229,440 6.52% of GDP (Variance: (3,500) -0.10% of GDP) - Goods and services (Actual): 265,700 7.55% of GDP (Variance: (18,878) -0.54% of GDP) - Domestic development expenditure (Actual): 27,582 0.78% of GDP (Variance: (1,479) -0.04% of GDP) - Nominal GDP: Le'm 3,518,200 ### FY 2005 overall balance and aggregates (selected exact figures) - Overall balance (excluding grants) — Actual: (412,322) Le’ m -11.72% (Variance: (73,215) Le’ m -2.08% relative to original). - Overall balance (including grants) — Actual: (60,452) Le’ m -1.72% (Variance: 7,721 Le’ m 0.22%). - Total revenue and grants — Actual: 767,782 Le’ m 21.82% (Variance: 68,502 Le’ m 1.95%). - Domestic revenue — Actual: 415,982 Le’ m 11.82% (Variance: (12,365) Le’ m -0.35%). - Grants — Actual: 351,870 Le’ m 10.00% (Variance: 80,937 Le’ m 2.30%). - Project grants — Actual: 101,302 Le’ m 2.88% (Variance: 42,620 Le’ m 1.79%). - Programme grants — Actual: 250,568 Le’ m 7.12% (Variance: 38,317 Le’ m 1.09%). - Total expenditure and net lending — Actual: 828,304 Le’ m 23.54% (Variance: 60,850 Le’ m 1.73%). - Recurrent expenditures — Actual: 620,728 Le’ m 17.64% (Variance: (16,663) Le’ m -0.47%). - Capital expenditures & net lending — Actual: 207,575 Le’ m 5.90% (Variance: 77,512 Le’ m 2.20%). - Foreign grant (within capital) — Actual: 101,302 Le’ m 2.88% (Variance: 42,620 Le’ m 1.21%). - Foreign loans — Actual: 75,110 Le’ m 2.13% (Variance: 29,832 Le’ m 0.85%). - Domestic development — Actual: 27,582 Le’ m 0.78% (Variance: 1,479 Le’ m 0.04%). - Domestic financing of the budget deficit in 2005 was 1.3 percent of GDP higher than projected (mainly from non-bank sources), due to delay in disbursement of external budgetary support. ### Monetary and financial indicators (2004–2005 exact figures) - Broad money grew by 31.3 percent from Le 515.5 billion to Le 724.22 billion between December 2004 and December 2005. - Reserve money increased by 24.27 percent to Le 304 billion at end-December 2005 from Le 244.6 billion in December 2004. - Net Domestic Credit by banking sector to Government decreased by Le 31.29 billion (about 4.3 percent) between December 2004 and December 2005. - Interest rates (end-2004 to end-2005): - Commercial bank savings rate: 8.14 percent to 7.6 percent. - 12-month deposit rate: 13.42 percent to 12.83 percent. - 3-month treasury bills rate: 27.31 to 20.41. - Treasury bearer bonds rate: 22 to 19 percent. - Prime lending rate (minimum lending rate): 23 percent to 24% (December 2005). - General lending rate (maximum lending rate): 34 percent to 30 percent. - Exchange rate and reserves: - Average official exchange rate depreciated by 7.6 percent from Le 2,667.68 per US$ in 2004 to Le 2,872.20 per US$ in 2005. - Parallel market premium narrowed from 7 percent in 2004 to 3.2 percent in 2005. ### Agreed macroeconomic framework and early-2006 indicators - FY 2006 projections: - Real GDP growth projected at 7.4 percent. - Annual average inflation projected at 12.4 percent in 2006; year-end inflation projected to fall to 10.1 percent (from 13.1 percent actual in 2005). - Gross foreign reserves programmed to increase to equivalent of 2.8 months of import cover. - Early-2006 production indicators (Q1): - Official diamond production: 140,000 carats (Q1 2006) vs 147,450 carats (Q1 2005). - Cement production: 58,060 metric tons (Q1 2006) vs 41,070 metric tons (Q1 2005). - Electricity generation (NPA for Freetown): 11.07 GW/hrs (Q1 2006) vs 18.62 GW/hrs (Q1 2005) — a drop of 41 percent. ### FY 2006 fiscal projections and Q1 2006 execution (selected exact figures) - FY 2006 agreed framework: - Domestic revenue projected at 12.4 percent of GDP. - Total expenditures contained at 22.0 percent of GDP. - Overall deficit including grants projected at 0.5 percent of GDP. - Domestic primary deficit projected at 1.8 percent of GDP. - Government domestic borrowing contained at 0.3 percent of GDP. - Budget execution — Q1 2006: - Domestic revenue Q1 2006: Le 118.8 billion (Actual) vs PRGF target Le 111.4 billion. - Grants Q1 2006: Le 48.2 billion (Actual) vs PRGF projection Le 74.3 billion. - Total expenditure and net lending Q1 2006: Le 178.8 billion (Actual) vs revised budget Le 187.7 billion and PRGF target Le 218.8 billion. - Recurrent expenditure Q1 2006: 152,847 Le’ m (Actual) vs revised budget 139,250 Le’ m and PRGF 170,015 Le’ m. - Capital expenditure and net lending Q1 2006: 25,939 Le’ m (Actual) vs revised budget 48,403 Le’ m and PRGF 48,775 Le’ m. - Development expenditure Q1 2006: 25,939 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 48,775 Le’ m (undershot PRGF by 47 percent). - Grants within development Q1 2006: 15,325 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 37,820 Le’ m. - Domestic within development Q1 2006: 10,613 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 10,955 Le’ m. - Overall balance Q1 2006: - Including grants: 4,405 Le’ m (Revised Budget); (33,115) Le’ m (PRGF); (11,748) Le’ m (Actual). - Excluding grants: (69,862) Le’ m (Revised Budget); (107,381) Le’ m (PRGF); (59,938) Le’ m (Actual). ### Poverty-targeted expenditure — Q1 2006 (selected exact figures) - Total Poverty-Targeted Expenditure (New Framework) FY 2006 Q1-Q4: 208,057.6 Le’ m; Q1 target 42,002.9 Le’ m; Q1 actual 31,657.5 Le’ m. - IMF Q1 target: 43,300.0 Le’ m. Shortfall: -11,642.5 Le’ m (27.7 percent). - Value of new poverty items added: FY 2006 Q1-Q4 31,396.7 Le’ m; Q1 budget 6,939.7 Le’ m; Q1 actual 7,647.7 Le’ m. - Total Poverty-Targeted Expenditure (old Framework) FY 2006 Q1-Q4 176,660.9 Le’ m; Q1 budget 35,063.2 Le’ m; Q1 actual 24,009.7 Le’ m. - Recurrent poverty-targeted expenditure Q1 actual: 25,396.5 Le’ m (Q1 budget 35,916.9 Le’ m). - Ministry-level Q1 actuals (selected): - Ministry of Education, Science & Technology: Q1 budget 10,011.7 Le’ m; Q1 actual 8,761.0 Le’ m. - Ministry of Health and Sanitation: Q1 budget 4,778.9 Le’ m; Q1 actual 3,391.2 Le’ m. - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security: Q1 budget 3,262.5 Le’ m; Q1 actual 1,034.6 Le’ m. - Grants for Devolved Functions to Local Councils: Q1 budget 5,993.4 Le’ m; Q1 actual 672.8 Le’ m. - Education Services: Q1 budget 3,522.2 Le’ m; Q1 actual 472.3 Le’ m. - Pre-primary and Primary Education: Q1 budget 3,078.3 Le’ m; Q1 actual 109.4 Le’ m. - Secondary Education: Q1 budget 443.8 Le’ m; Q1 actual 362.9 Le’ m. - Development poverty-targeted expenditure Q1 actual: 6,261.0 Le’ m (Q1 budget 6,086.0 Le’ m). ### Monetary policy and inflation developments in early 2006 - Broad money projected to grow by about 19 percent annually. - Inflation (year-on-year) fell from 13.85 percent in January 2006 to 7.2 percent in July 2006. - Treasury instrument rates (Dec 2005 to Apr 2006): - 3-month treasury bills: 20.41 percent (Dec 2005) to 18.89 percent (Apr 2006). - 1-year treasury bonds: 19 percent (Dec 2005) to 13 percent (Apr 2006). - Exchange rate (average monthly buying rate): Le 2,898.22 per US$ in December 2005 to Le 2,925.25 per US$ in April 2006. ### Policy actions, institutional reforms, and capacity strengthening (progress as of end-June 2006) - Debt management: - CS-DRMS 2000+ version1.2 installed; debt data reconciled and staff trained. - All loans contracted consistent with Government policy of not less than 35% grant element. - Paris Club extended Consolidated Period under Cologne terms up to November 30, 2006; Government hopes to reach HIPC completion point before end of 2006. - DSA (April 2005) conclusion: moderate risk of debt in medium term but sustainable in long term when financed by grants and concessional loans. - Preparation of loan contraction and management procedure manual in process; to be completed by December after partner inputs. - ADB approved capacity building project; 35 officials trained in DSA analysis. - Monetary policy and market instruments: - Market-based indirect instruments (open market operations) used. - Statutory reserve for domestic currency increased from 10 to 12 percent effective 1st December 2004. - Master Repurchase Agreement drafted and signed. - Liquidity-forecasting framework developed quarterly. - National Payment System Act drafted; Electronic Clearing House documentation completed. - Public financial management and expenditure tracking: - Financial Administration Regulations reviewed; draft new regulations expected in October 2006. - Local Government Finance Department operational. - New chart of accounts to capture donor funds completed. - NPPA operational. - IFMIS completed by Accountant General's Department. - PETS surveys now bi-annual. - Domestic resource mobilisation and tax administration: - VAT introduction progress rapid; launch expected in early 2008. - Authority for discretionary tax exemptions moved from MoF to NRA; 23.8 percent drop in duty foregone in Jan-Jun 2006 vs Jan-Jun 2005. - Anti-smuggling wing recruitment/training ongoing; NRA computerisation pending; VAT system to be fully computerised when introduced. - External resource coordination: - Database on resource inflows established and updated by DACO. - Working Group on Harmonisation set up. - DACO and DECSEC collaborating to establish databases at every council. --- ### Chapter 3 — Pillar I: Promoting Good Governance, Peace and Security (selected findings) - Overarching objective: promote efficient, transparent and accountable delivery of public services to the poor. - Improved Governance and Accountability Pact (IGAP) adopted July 2006 identifying ten principles and actions for regular reporting. - Public Financial Management (PFM) — selected targets and status: - MTEF Strategic Plans developed for six key MDAs by June 2006 — Status: All MDAs including the key six developed strategic plans covering 2006-2008. - Presentation of 2006 Budget to Parliament: presented in last quarter of 2005. - Baseline for variation between actual and planned spending: baseline 14.6% for 2004; variation reduced to 10.1% in 2005. - IFMIS installed in six MDAs by end 2006 — Status: IFMIS installed in Education, Health, Agriculture, Police, Accountant-General and Works. - Internal Audit — Target seven MDAs by end 2006 — Status: six out of seven MDAs have functional internal audit units (Education, Health, Defence, Police, SLRA and Finance). - Procurement: Public Procurement Act 2005 enacted; NPPA fully staffed; nine MDAs produced procurement plans for 2006. - PETS: PETS report for 2003 published; 2004 report being finalised. - PEFA: internal PEFA assessment conducted in March 2006; NAP being developed. - Main obstacle: availability of qualified staff due to uncompetitive civil service remuneration. ### Promoting Transparency and Democracy (selected figures/status) - ACC cases: 50 reported cases; 22 referred to Court; 7 convictions. - NEC preparations for 2007 elections: 112 constituencies have been delimited. - Anti-corruption targets: MDAs publishing anti-corruption strategies pending. ### Strengthening the decentralisation process (selected figures/status) - Devolution: Government devolved 23 out of the 34 functions scheduled for devolution. - Target: 10 out of 19 elected local councils meet transparency and financial management accountability requirements — Status: Financial management training conducted; equipment provided. - Task force established to resolve inconsistencies between LGA 2004 and existing laws. ### Capacity for PRSP implementation, monitoring and evaluation - All vacancies in DACO filled by mid 2006. - Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the PRSP developed by end 2006 and presented at DEPAC in April 2006. - First Annual Progress Report on PRS implementation developed by mid 2006. - Functional planning and M&E Unit established in four key MDAs by end 2006. - M&E system piloted in three districts; planned extension to all councils by year-end. - DACO collaborating with World Bank for M&E training in Education, Health and Agriculture and all local councils. - Key challenges: resources to implement Senior Executive Service (SES); records management and payroll/personnel reconciliation issues. ### Promoting Security and Consolidating Peace — selected exact figures/status - Sierra Leone Police (SLP): - Target police number: 9,500 by end 2006. - Status: current SLP is 9,324. - Operational strength reported: 8,871 with 328 recruits in training; by end September 2006 operational strength to be 9,234. - RSLAF (military) personnel: - Troop strength dropped from 14,500 to 10,500. - TRC Action Plan: not developed. - Human Rights Commission: commissioners appointed; resources mobilised to be operational by March 2007. - Jobs from mining restarts (see Pillar II): restart of Rutile and Bauxite created an estimated 1,400 new jobs. ### Chapter 4 — Pillar II: Promoting Pro-Poor Growth for Food Security and Job Creation (selected findings) - Private sector development — DTIS: - Conduct a DTIS by Mid 2006 — Status: DTIS conducted by end June 2006. - Develop and approve Action Matrix for DTIS by end 2006 — Status: Action Matrix developed in June 2006 to be validated by September/October 2006. - Legal and policy reforms: - Drafts of Companies and Bankruptcy Acts produced and under review. - Partnership Law and Competition policy pending/ongoing consultations. - Trade capacity: Needs Assessment on Quality, Standards, Testing carried out May 2006. - Private investment in telecommunications: mobile companies estimated to have invested over US $125 million. - Youth employment — short term initiative: - Youth Employment scheme will provide an estimated 135,000 jobs nationwide for the next twelve months; launch beginning of October 2006. - Youth and micro-project figures (selected exact figures): - 48 micro-farms created by Ministry of Youth and Sports with UNDP support (since 2006). - 120 Agricultural Business Units established by Ministry of Agriculture and UNDP. - One macro-farm in Newton with employment potential of 1,500 youth (assistance from USAID). - Micro-credits granted to 1,200 youth in 3 Districts (assistance from USAID). - SLRA engages 3,618 youth in road works. - NaCSA has 65 ongoing projects with an average of 30 youth employed in each project. - KfW financed project with potential of employing 1,000 youth starting October 2006. - GTZ project target: create jobs for 2,500 youth after training in 5 districts; 13,500 persons after functional alphabetisation in 25 communities. ### Agriculture and food security — selected exact figures and outcomes - Paddy rice production increased from 526,619 MT (2004) to 552,000 MT (2005) — increase 4.82% from 2004 to 2005. - Government provision to farm families: 3,168 MT of seed rice, 115 tractors, 8 combine harvesters and 6 mobile threshers. - Crop production trends (2002–2005, production metric tons): - Rice (Paddy): 2002 422,065; 2003 445,633; 2004 526,619; 2005 552,000; % Change 2002–2005 30.8; % Change 2004–2005 4.82 - Maize: 2002 16,068; 2003 16,060; 2004 32,125; 2005 38,550; % Change 2002–2005 140; % Change 2004–2005 20.00 - Cassava: 2002 895,817; 2003 1,091,178; 2004 1,759,292; 2005 2,287,060; % Change 2002–2005 155.3; % Change 2004–2005 30.00 - Sweet potato: 2002 45,450; 2003 74,446; 2004 153,198; 2005 191,498; % Change 2002–2005 321.3; % Change 2004–2005 25.00 - Groundnut: 2002 98,400; 2003 117,000; 2004 152,000; 2005 167,200; % Change 2002–2005 70; % Change 2004–2005 10.00 - PRSP targets vs actual (2005) for staples (mt): - Rice: Target 540,000; Actual 552,000; Difference 12,000; Target 2006 875,000; Target 2007 1,290,000 - Cassava: Target 1,935,221; Actual 2,287,060; Difference 351,839; Target 2006 2,100,000; Target 2007 2,300,000 - Sweet Potato: Target 160,856; Actual 191,498; Difference 30,642; Target 2006 185,368; Target 2007 203,905 - Groundnut: Target 95,684; Actual 167,200; Difference 71,516; Target 2006 110,265; Target 2007 121,292 - Milled rice availability 2005 vs 2004 (marketing season): - Total Domestic Production (MT): 2004 262,673; 2005 310,742; % Change + 18.3 - Total Imports (MT): 2004 160,000; 2005 112,000; % Change -30.0 - Total Availability (MT): 2004 413,876; 2005 422,742; % Change + 2.1 - Rice self-sufficiency: national 2004 60%; 2005 69% (% Difference 9). District examples: - KAILAHUN: 2004 106%; 2005 123%; % Difference 17 - KENEMA: 2004 76%; 2005 87%; % Difference 11 - WESTERN AREA: 2004 4%; 2005 4%; % Difference 0 ### Livestock, fisheries and mining (selected exact figures) - Livestock estimates (heads, 2002–2005): - Cattle: 2002 100,000; 2003 120,000; 2004 150,000; 2005 200,000; % Change 2002–2005 100.00; % Change 2004–2005 33.33 - Goats: 2002 250,000; 2003 300,000; 2004 350,000; 2005 450,000; % Change 2002–2005 80.00; % Change 2004–2005 28.57 - Sheep: 2002 200,000; 2003 235,000; 2004 300,000; 2005 375,000; % Change 2002–2005 87.50; % Change 2004–2005 25.00 - Chicken: 2002 4,000,000; 2003 4,290,000; 2004 4,500,000; 2005 5,200,000; % Change 2002–2005 30.00; % Change 2004–2005 15.56 - PRSP livestock targets vs actual (2005): - Cattle: Target 2005 250,000; Actual 200,000; Difference -50,000; Target 2006 313,000; Target 2007 430,000 - Goats: Target 2005 438,000; Actual 450,000; Difference 12,000; Target 2006 548,000; Target 2007 644,600 - Sheep: Target 2005 375,000; Actual 375,000; Difference 0; Target 2006 469,000; Target 2007 558,6000 - Fisheries (selected exact figures): - Industrial fish production (mt): 2002 8,988; 2003 9,831; 2004 10,661; 2005 12,260; % Change 2002–2005 36.40; % Change 2004–2005 15.00 - Fish catch landed (mt): 2002 6,938; 2003 6,201; 2004 7,990; 2005 8,933; % Change 2002–2005 28.75; % Change 2004–2005 11.80 - Artisanal production (mt): 2002 55,659; 2003 65,458; 2004 106,216; 2005 122,148; % change 2002–2005 119.46; % change 2004–2005 15 - Post-harvest loss in Artisanal Fishery estimated at 15% in 2005. - Mining sector (2005 outcomes): - Re-opening of Sierra Rutile mines facilitated by Є25 million EU grant on-lent to company; rutile export started mid 2006. - Restart of Rutile and Bauxite created an estimated 1,400 new jobs. - Official diamond exports increased from $121 million in 2004 to $149 million in 2005; Kimberlite accounted for $113 million. ### Infrastructure, energy and ICT (selected exact figures) - Public Roads Network: about 11,300 km total (8,000 km national Road System; 3,300 km local/unclassified). - Feeder roads constructed/maintained: 2004 1,350 km; mid 2006 1,874 km (accounts for 87.5 percent of the target set for 2006). - All-weather trunk roads constructed/maintained: 2004 581 km; mid 2006 1,774 km. - Installed capacity in Freetown: increased to 31.33 megawatts from 26.5 megawatts in 2004. - Western Area estimated overall energy requirement: 100 mw. - ICT: - Eight (8) GSM licenses issued; five (5) mobile phone companies operational. - Network coverage extended to eight (8) of the twelve (12) districts. - Mobile companies estimated to have invested over US $125 million. - VSAT: about 30 licenses provided. - Israeli company Sierra-Com invested US$3 million in broadband wireless and VoIP. - 25 registered Internet Service Providers (ISP). - Over 1,000 tele-booth operators opened tele-centres in Freetown and provincial towns. ### Chapter 5 — Pillar III: Promoting Human Development (selected findings) - Education (selected exact figures and outcomes): - Education expenditure share of GDP: 3.9% in 2005 and set to rise to 4% in 2007. - Infrastructure in 2005: 200 primary schools, 30 Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and 30 Technical Vocational institutes constructed. - Enrolment class 1: increased from 260,000 in 2004 to 355,300 in 2005. - Net primary school enrolment reported: 87 percent. - NPSE passes: 2004 43,400; 2005 55,800 (increase of 29 percent). - Girls passing NPSE at grade 230: 2004 5,176; 2005 20,062 (increase about 287.6 percent). - JSS net enrolment rate: 2004 13 percent; 2005 44.0 percent. - Primary completion rate: 2004 60 percent; 2005 73 percent. - Primary pupil/teacher ratio: 2004 52:1; 2005 about 67:1 (also reported as 68.1:1 in table). - JSS pupil/teacher ratio: 2004 28:1; 2005 30:1. - Primary textbook–pupil ratio in five weakest districts: 2004 1:5; 2005 1:4. - Main constraint: inadequacy of qualified teachers and overcrowded classrooms. - Health (selected exact figures and outcomes): - Functional PHUs: increased from 668 in 2004 to 845 in 2006. - Infant mortality: 2004 170/1000; estimated 115/1000 in 2005. - Under Five mortality: 2004 286/1000; estimated 203/1000 in 2005. - Maternal mortality: 2004 1800/100,000; estimated 1600/1000,000 in 2005 (note unit in source: 1600/1000,000). - DPT coverage for one-year-olds: increased to 58% by June 2006. - Pregnant women sleeping under LLINs: increased from 2% in 2004 to 10.3% in 2005. - ITNs increased from 60,000 in 2004 to 292,345 in 2006. - Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel: 2004 33%; 2005 42%. - PLWHAs receiving ARV: estimated 1,178 by mid 2006 (target 2,000 by end 2006). - Nevirapine for antenatal women: estimated 45% by June 2006 (target 10%). - Condoms distributed: 2005 7,883,536; 2006 8,170,284. - HIV prevalence rate reported at 1.53%. - Mass vitamin A and deworming campaign benefited 770,000 children nationwide in 2005. - Obstacles in human development sectors: - Insufficient financial resources; insufficient and poorly motivated personnel; lengthy procurement procedures. - Data caveats: mortality figures are estimates; underweight children data unavailable for current reporting. ### Next steps — implementation challenges and priorities (selected policy directions) - Main issues to address: - Capacity for policy formulation and service delivery across MDAs, private sector and civil society. - Aid modalities: predictability, timeliness, harmonisation. - Private sector performance: constraints in infrastructure, transport, energy, telecommunications. - Proposed measures: - Create a leaner, well-motivated, efficient civil service; implement Senior Executive Service (SES) with competitive recruitment and performance-linked rewards. - Develop district-level capacities for PRSP implementation (planning, budgeting, accounting, data collection, procurement). - Continue DEPAC and Task Force on Harmonisation and Aid Effectiveness to address donor disbursement delays and complex requirements. - Commission additional studies (e.g., MDG-Needs Assessment) to improve policy coherence for higher growth rates. ### Chapter 1: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone ........................................................ 7 ### Chapter 1: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone ### Introduction - Coverage period: June 2005 to May 2006. - Government adoption: The Government of Sierra Leone adopted the PRSP in June 2005. - Nationwide consultative processes used in formulation: Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs) and Focus Group Discussions (FDGs). - Consultative Group (CG) meeting: held in London on 29th and 30th November 2005 to deepen partnership around the SL-PRSP, focusing on monitorable results and improving aid modalities. - Development partner pledges at CG: an estimated US $864 million to support implementation of programmes in the Activity Matrix and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for the period 2005-2007; this figure does not include expected debt relief from the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and the multilateral debt relief initiatives (MDRI). - PRSP structure: constructed around three pillars: - Good Governance, Peace and Security; - Food Security, Job Creation and Growth; - Human Development. - Linkages: PRSP indicators are closely linked to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - Public administration reform focus: increase efficiency, transparency and accountability in implementation and public sector governance. - Key implementation challenges noted: - Limited capacity for efficient coordination of policies at the central level. - Need for operational knowledge to translate program goals into concrete measures and activities. - Lack of a comprehensive monitoring system during initial implementation stages. - Weak capacities in various line ministries. - Existing statistical data collection and dissemination system predominantly focused on quantitative rather than qualitative data. - Priority process: strengthen links between planning and budgetary processes and align planning with resources from international assistance; strengthen programme budgeting and sector approaches in allocation of international development assistance. - Result: PRSP now has greater influence in planning and allocation of budget resources. ### Framework for Implementation — Guiding Principles - (i) Mainstream poverty reduction into regular government work across line ministries, central government institutions and bodies, local governments, and partners according to mandates and responsibilities. - (ii) Build strong ownership through inclusive participatory processes emphasizing active involvement of civil society, private and public sectors, and representatives of vulnerable groups in implementation, monitoring and evaluation. - (iii) Change how Government “does business” by achieving transparency through a well-defined planning process, including more efficient coordination and prioritization. - (iv) Engage local-level PRS implementation through participation and cooperation of local governments, NGO and private sectors and donors as part of public administration reform and decentralization. - (v) Build partnerships during PRS implementation to improve coordination and information sharing. ### Institutional Implementation Framework and Roles - Coordinating secretariat: Development Assistance Coordination Office (DACO) serves as the secretariat responsible for coordination of implementation and monitoring of the PRSP. - Framework components: - Policy Committees: Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) and Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC). - Technical Committees: National Technical Committee (NTC), Pillar Working Groups (PWGs), Local Council M&E Committees, Civil Society Monitoring Groups. - A coordinating body (DACO) to manage overall coordination and monitoring. - Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) - Established under the Chairmanship of the Vice President. - Membership includes: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Development and Economic Planning (MODEP), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Works and Ministry of Youths and Sports. - Initially established to oversee decentralisation; mandate expanded to cover PRSP implementation and monitoring. - Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC) - Provides a forum for continuous dialogue between Government of Sierra Leone and development partners. - DEPAC started meeting in 2003 with focus on National Recovery Strategy (NRS) implementation. - DEPAC focus areas included: - Restoring Civil Authority nationwide. - Resumption of economic activities in all chiefdoms. - Reconstruction and rehabilitation of health and education facilities in all chiefdoms. - DEPAC achievements: mobilised funds for resumption of Rutile mining and restarting the Bumbuna Hydroelectric project. - In 2004 DEPAC shifted focus to issues relating to PRSP preparation and helped plan and implement the November 2005 CG meeting. - National Technical Committee (NTC) - Composed of technical Heads of selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies and representatives of civil society and NGOs involved in PRS implementation. - Began meeting after PRSP finalisation in April 2005. - Primary mandate for CG preparation: ensure timely preparation and distribution of documents for November 2005 CG meeting. - Met fortnightly to produce the Results Matrix and the Activity Matrix presented at the CG meeting. - Coordinated preparatory activities for CG side meetings on HIV/AIDS, Youth Employment and Capacity Building. - Post-CG: revived to meet to discuss and endorse reports produced by PRSP Pillar Working Groups. - Pillar Working Groups (PWGs) - Established for each PRSP pillar to facilitate implementation. - Meet regularly to discuss sector and thematic issues within pillars. - Evolved into effective forums for addressing implementation bottlenecks, technical coordination and resolving common programme issues. - Findings and recommendations from PWGs form the basis for DEPAC discussions. - Composition: sectoral ministries and development partners funding sector programmes (referenced in Annex 1). - Civil Society Monitoring Groups - DACO collaborated with ENCISS to create Civil Society Monitoring Groups nationwide. - A consortium of civil society activists organises regional sensitization exercises on PRSP implementation status. - Local Councils and District Arrangements - All district councils have set up district planning committees to coordinate implementation and monitoring at the district level. - Each council has a PRSP focal point responsible for providing up-to-date information to DACO on implementation and monitoring. - A district monitoring committee has been set up for each district to ensure routine poverty-related data are collected, collated and disseminated quarterly. ### Monitoring, Evaluation and Capacity Issues - Monitoring and evaluation institutional linkage: (Figure reference in source: Institutional Framework for M&E). - Identified monitoring challenges: - Lack of a comprehensive monitoring system during the initial stages of implementation. - Weak capacity in line ministries affecting impact analysis and assessment of achieved results. - Statistical data systems focused on quantitative data collection with limited qualitative information. - Ongoing response: these issues are being addressed gradually. *Source: Chapter 1, Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone (June 2005–May 2006).* ### 1.3 Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation ### 1.3 Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation ### Institutional framework and local structures - Institutional framework for M&E presented in figure 1 (figure not reproduced here). - District M&E Committee composition: - District PRS Focal Point - Decentralization Secretariat M & E Officer/Coach - Statistics Sierra Leone District Representative - Sector Representatives (health, education, agriculture, etc) - Civil Society Representative - Local Council Representative - District M&E Committees—primary responsibilities: - Collecting and collating data at the District Level - Monitoring progress on implementation of programmes at the District Level - Liaising with the relevant Pillar Working Groups ### Pillar Working Groups and National Technical Committee (NTC) - Pillar Working Groups: - Review and validate data from local councils to ensure pillar targets in the Results Framework are properly monitored. - Composed of all sector ministries within the pillar and donor representatives funding programmes within the pillar. - Sub-committees based on sectors or themes meet regularly to discuss specific sectoral/thematic issues and report to the larger group. - Annex 2 presents the terms of reference for the Pillar Working Groups (annex not reproduced here). - National Technical Committee (NTC): - Provides overall guidance to PRSP implementation. - Work of Pillar Working Groups is sent to the NTC for review and validation before discussions at DEPAC/High Policy Level. ### Monitoring and Evaluation unit at DACO - A monitoring and evaluation unit established at DACO to coordinate PRSP M&E. - Staff recruited: - A Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - A poverty Data Analyst - Two programme Support Officers - Functions of the DACO M&E unit: - Serves as secretariat for pillar working group meetings and NTC meetings. - Coordinates collection and collation of all poverty-related data. - Facilitates analysis of such data by the pillar working groups. ### Results Framework, reporting and Results Based Management - Results Framework reviewed to establish credible indicators. - Indicators for the Ministries of Education, Health and Agriculture revised to include: - More precise definitions - Frequency of data collection - Methodology and means of verification - Responsible agency - Baseline data and targets - A quarterly reporting format developed for these three ministries (Annex 3 presents this Report Format). - Results Based Management system introduced to enhance accountability and strategic management. - Performance Tracking Table (PTT) developed: - Tracks progress on programmes implemented by each line ministry or government agency on a quarterly basis. - Requires MDAs to define policy outcomes, baselines, end-year targets and planned quarterly results based on their annual strategic plans. - PTT extends beyond the PRSP to overall government programmes (See Annex 4 for PTT). ### Financing the PRSP (section 1.4) - Total cost of the PRSP programmes for 2005-2007: Le 5.3 billion. - Projected MTEF poverty related expenditure: Le 2.4 billion. - Additional amount required to fully implement the PRSP: Le 2.8 billion or US$941 million. - A reprioritised activity matrix was developed; cost of priority activities in the revised matrix: US$368.4 million. - This excludes: - Cost of implementing programmes for 2005, - Cost of ongoing programmes for which funding had been identified, - Programme activities not considered being top most priority. - Total pledges (new and past pledges) at the CG meeting for support to the PRSP for the period 2005-2007: US $875 million. - Additionality from the CG to address the funding gap of US$368.4 million amounted to US $246 million. - Remaining funding gap: US $122.2 million. - Annex 5: Disaggregation of CG Pledges (annex not reproduced here). ### Selected macroeconomic and fiscal indicators (from Table 1 and related text) - Real GDP Growth — Aggregate: 2004: 7.4; 2005: 7.3; 2006: 7.4; 2007: 6.5; 2008: 6.1 - Real GDP Growth — Per-capita: 2004: 5.3; 2005: 5.2; 2006: 5.3; 2007: 4.4; 2008: 4.0 - Investment (share of GDP): 2004: 10.6; 2005: 17.2; 2006: 15.0; 2007: 14.9; 2008: 15.2 - Foreign Savings (share of GDP): 2004: 15.6; 2005: 18.5; 2006: 16.3; 2007: 15.0; 2008: 13.7 - Fiscal Savings: 2004: -1.2; 2005: -1.6; 2006: -0.2; 2007: 0.3; 2008: 0.5 - Exports Goods & Non-factor Services a/: 2004: 22.3; 2005: 24.0; 2006: 27.6; 2007: 28.2; 2008: 28.3 - Imports Goods & Non-factor Services: 2004: 37.9; 2005: 42.5; 2006: 44.0; 2007: 43.3; 2008: 42.1 - Current Account Balance c/: 2004: -4.9; 2005: -7.3; 2006: -6.9; 2007: -6.4; 2008: -6.0 - Revenue and Grants (share of GDP): 2004: 21.3; 2005: 21.9; 2006: 21.2; 2007: 19.9; 2008: 19.7 - Revenues: 2004: 12.3; 2005: 11.9; 2006: 12.4; 2007: 12.8; 2008: 13.2 - Grants: 2004: 9.0; 2005: 10.0; 2006: 8.8; 2007: 7.1; 2008: 6.5 - Expenditures (share of GDP): 2004: 24.8; 2005: 24.6; 2006: 21.7; 2007: 22.6; 2008: 22.4 - Consumption: 2004: 13.5; 2005: 13.5; 2006: 12.6; 2007: 12.5; 2008: 12.7 - Interest and Other: 2004: 6.7; 2005: 5.3; 2006: 4.0; 2007: 4.0; 2008: 3.6 - Development: 2004: 4.6; 2005: 5.8; 2006: 5.1; 2007: 6.1; 2008: 6.1 - Fiscal Balance: 2004: -3.5; 2005: -2.7; 2006: -0.5; 2007: -2.7; 2008: -2.7 - Consumer Price Inflation (%, p.a.) d/: 2004: 14.2; 2005: 12.1; 2006: 12.4; 2007: 9.3; 2008: 8.0 - Treasury Bill Interest Rate (%, e.o.p.): 2004: 28.0; 2005: 16.0; 2006: ..; 2007: ..; 2008: .. - Exchange Rate (Le/US$, p.a.): 2004: 2,703; 2005: 2,950; 2006: ..; 2007: ..; 2008: .. Notes from the 2005 performance narrative: - Real GDP increased by 7.3 percent in 2005. - Annual average consumer price inflation for 2005: 12 percent; year-on-year inflation: 13.1 percent. - Merchandise imports increased by 18.75 percent in 2005 compared with 2004: - Imports rose from US$286.4 million (26.75 percent of GDP) in 2004 to US$340.1 million (28.52 percent) in 2005. - Largest increases: imports of fuel, machinery and manufactured goods. - Exports grew by 9.28 percent to US$152.6 million in 2005 from US$139.7 million in 2004. - Exports as share of GDP fell from 13.04 percent in 2004 to 12.80 percent in 2005. - Diamonds formed by far the largest share of total exports. - Trade deficit widened to US$187.4 million (15.7 percent of GDP) in 2005 versus US$146.7 million (13.7 percent of GDP) in 2004. ### Fiscal performance and Table 2 highlights (Domestic Primary Balance for FY 2005) - For the year as a whole, Government domestic revenues fell short of the 12.2 percent of GDP target by 0.4 percentage points. - Causes included inability to enforce agreed tax enhancement reforms (e.g., 10 percent sales tax on telephone companies) and shortfall in 3 percent turnover tax payable by diamond companies. - Total expenditures reached 24.6 percent of GDP. - Spending on poverty-related activities accelerated, particularly in health and education. - Domestic primary budget balance was exceeded by 1.03 percent of GDP. - Contributing factors: domestic revenue shortfall of 0.4 percent of GDP; excess wage bill of 0.1 percent of GDP; higher than budgeted expenditure on goods and services (0.54 percent of GDP); domestic development expenditure variance of 0.04 percent of GDP. Key figures from Table 2 (all Le’ m and % of GDP as presented): - Original PRGF Target — Primary Balance: (77,887) -2.21% of GDP - Revised PRGF Target — Primary Balance: (70,518) -2.00% of GDP - Actual — Primary Balance: (106,740) -3.03% of GDP - Variance — Primary Balance: (36,222) -1.03% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Original PRGF Target): 434,982 12.36% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Revised PRGF Target): 428,347 12.18% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Actual): 415,982 11.82% of GDP - Total domestic revenue (Variance): (12,365) -0.35% of GDP - Wages and salaries (Original): 222,982 6.34% of GDP - Wages and salaries (Revised): 225,940 6.42% of GDP - Wages and salaries (Actual): 229,440 6.52% of GDP - Wages and salaries (Variance): (3,500) -0.10% of GDP - Goods and services (Original): 258,582 7.35% of GDP - Goods and services (Revised): 246,822 7.02% of GDP - Goods and services (Actual): 265,700 7.55% of GDP - Goods and services (Variance): (18,878) -0.54% of GDP - Domestic development expenditure (Original): 31,295 0.89% of GDP - Domestic development expenditure (Revised): 26,103 0.74% of GDP - Domestic development expenditure (Actual): 27,582 0.78% of GDP - Domestic development expenditure (Variance): (1,479) -0.04% of GDP - Total (Original PRGF Target): (77,887) -2.21% of GDP - Total (Revised PRGF Target): (70,518) -2.00% of GDP - Total (Actual): (106,740) -3.03% of GDP - Total (Variance): (36,222) -1.03% of GDP - Nominal GDP: Le'm 3,518,200 *Source: _cr0717 - 1.3 Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation (PDF chapter/section).* ### 1.72 percent of GDP in relation to the revised PRGF target of -1.9 percent of GDP in ### 1.72 percent of GDP in relation to the revised PRGF target of -1.9 percent of GDP in ### Fiscal outcomes for FY 2005 - Overall balance (excluding grants): (468,959) Le’ m -13.33% (Orig. PRGF Target); (339,107) Le’ m -9.64% (Rev. PRGF Target); (412,322) Le’ m -11.72% (Actual). Variance: (73,215) Le’ m -2.08%. - Overall balance (including grants): (155,680) Le’ m -4.42% (Orig. PRGF Target); (68,173) Le’ m -1.94% (Rev. PRGF Target); (60,452) Le’ m -1.72% (Actual). Variance: 7,721 Le’ m 0.22%. - Total revenue and grants: 748,261 Le’ m 21.27% (Orig. PRGF Target); 699,280 Le’ m 19.88% (Rev. PRGF Target); 767,782 Le’ m 21.82% (Actual). Variance: 68,502 Le’ m 1.95%. - Domestic revenue: 434,982 Le’ m 12.36% (Orig.); 428,347 Le’ m 12.18% (Rev.); 415,982 Le’ m 11.82% (Actual). Variance: (12,365) Le’ m -0.35%. - Grants: 313,279 Le’ m 8.90% (Orig.); 270,933 Le’ m 7.70% (Rev.); 351,870 Le’ m 10.00% (Actual). Variance: 80,937 Le’ m 2.30%. - Project grants: 104,965 Le’ m 2.98% (Orig.); 58,682 Le’ m 1.67% (Rev.); 101,302 Le’ m 2.88% (Actual). Variance: 42,620 Le’ m 1.79%. - Programme grants: 208,314 Le’ m 5.92% (Orig.); 212,251 Le’ m 6.03% (Rev.); 250,568 Le’ m 7.12% (Actual). Variance: 38,317 Le’ m 1.09%. - Total expenditure and net lending: 903,941 Le’ m 25.69% (Orig.); 767,454 Le’ m 21.81% (Rev.); 828,304 Le’ m 23.54% (Actual). Variance: 60,850 Le’ m 1.73%. - Recurrent expenditures: 640,831 Le’ m 18.21% (Orig.); 637,391 Le’ m 18.12% (Rev.); 620,728 Le’ m 17.64% (Actual). Variance: (16,663) Le’ m -0.47%. - Capital expenditures & net lending: 263,110 Le’ m 7.48% (Orig.); 130,063 Le’ m 3.70% (Rev.); 207,575 Le’ m 5.90% (Actual). Variance: 77,512 Le’ m 2.20%. - Foreign grant (within capital): 104,965 Le’ m 2.98% (Orig.); 58,682 Le’ m 1.67% (Rev.); 101,302 Le’ m 2.88% (Actual). Variance: 42,620 Le’ m 1.21%. - Foreign loans: 126,850 Le’ m 3.61% (Orig.); 45,278 Le’ m 1.29% (Rev.); 75,110 Le’ m 2.13% (Actual). Variance: 29,832 Le’ m 0.85%. - Domestic development: 312,950 Le’ m 0.89% (Orig.); 26,103 Le’ m 0.74% (Rev.); 27,582 Le’ m 0.78% (Actual). Variance: 1,479 Le’ m 0.04%. - Nominal GDP: Le’m 3,518,200. - Domestic financing of the budget deficit in 2005 (mainly from non-bank sources) was 1.3 percent of GDP higher than projected, due to delay in disbursement of external budgetary support. ### Monetary and financial indicators (2004–2005) - Broad money grew by 31.3 percent from Le 515.5 billion to Le 724.22 billion between December 2004 and December 2005; increase driven mainly by substantial increase in net foreign assets. - Reserve money increased by 24.27 percent to Le 304 billion at end-December 2005 from Le 244.6 billion in December 2004. - Net Domestic Credit by the banking sector to Government decreased by Le 31.29 billion (about 4.3 percent) between December 2004 and December 2005. - Interest rates (end-2004 to end-2005): - Commercial bank savings rate: 8.14 percent to 7.6 percent. - 12-month deposit rate: 13.42 percent to 12.83 percent. - 3-month treasury bills rate: 27.31 to 20.41. - Treasury bearer bonds rate: 22 to 19 percent. - Prime lending rate (minimum lending rate): 23 percent to 24% (December 2005). - General lending rate (maximum lending rate): 34 percent to 30 percent. - Exchange rate and reserves: - Average official exchange rate depreciated by 7.6 percent from Le 2,667.68 per US$ in 2004 to Le 2,872.20 per US$ in 2005. - Parallel market premium narrowed from 7 percent in 2004 to 3.2 percent in 2005. ### Economic performance and projections for 2006 - Agreed macroeconomic framework for FY 2006: - Real GDP growth projected at 7.4 percent. - Annual average inflation projected at 12.4 percent in 2006; year-end inflation projected to fall to 10.1 percent (from 13.1 percent actual in 2005). - Gross foreign reserves programmed to increase to equivalent of 2.8 months of import cover. - Early-2006 production indicators (Q1): - Official diamond production: 140,000 carats (Q1 2006) vs 147,450 carats (Q1 2005). - Cement production: 58,060 metric tons (Q1 2006) vs 41,070 metric tons (Q1 2005). - Electricity generation (National Power Authority for Freetown): 11.07 GW/hrs (Q1 2006) vs 18.62 GW/hrs (Q1 2005), a drop of 41 percent. - FY 2006 fiscal projections (agreed framework): - Domestic revenue projected at 12.4 percent of GDP. - Total expenditures contained at 22.0 percent of GDP. - Overall deficit including grants projected at 0.5 percent of GDP. - Domestic primary deficit projected at 1.8 percent of GDP. - Government domestic borrowing contained at 0.3 percent of GDP. ### Budget execution and outcomes — First quarter 2006 - Domestic revenue Q1 2006: Le 118.8 billion (Actual) vs PRGF target Le 111.4 billion. - Grants Q1 2006: Le 48.2 billion (Actual) vs PRGF projection Le 74.3 billion; shortfall attributable to lower programme and project grants disbursement. - Total expenditure and net lending Q1 2006: Le 178.8 billion (Actual) vs revised budget Le 187.7 billion and PRGF target Le 218.8 billion. - Recurrent expenditure Q1 2006: 152,847 Le’ m (Actual) vs revised budget 139,250 Le’ m and PRGF 170,015 Le’ m. - Capital expenditure and net lending Q1 2006: 25,939 Le’ m (Actual) vs revised budget 48,403 Le’ m and PRGF 48,775 Le’ m. - Development expenditure Q1 2006: 25,939 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 48,775 Le’ m (undershot PRGF by 47 percent). - Grants within development: 15,325 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 37,820 Le’ m. - Domestic within development: 10,613 Le’ m (Actual) vs PRGF 10,955 Le’ m. - Overall balance Q1 2006: - Including grants: 4,405 Le’ m (Revised Budget); (33,115) Le’ m (PRGF); (11,748) Le’ m (Actual). - Excluding grants: (69,862) Le’ m (Revised Budget); (107,381) Le’ m (PRGF); (59,938) Le’ m (Actual). ### Poverty-targeted expenditure — Q1 2006 - Total Poverty-Targeted Expenditure (New Framework) FY 2006 Q1-Q4: 208,057.6 Le’ m; Q1 target 42,002.9 Le’ m; Q1 actual 31,657.5 Le’ m. - IMF Q1 target: 43,300.0 Le’ m. Shortfall: -11,642.5 Le’ m (27.7 percent). - Value of new poverty items added: FY 2006 Q1-Q4 31,396.7 Le’ m; Q1 budget 6,939.7 Le’ m; Q1 actual 7,647.7 Le’ m. - Total Poverty-Targeted Expenditure (old Framework) FY 2006 Q1-Q4 176,660.9 Le’ m; Q1 budget 35,063.2 Le’ m; Q1 actual 24,009.7 Le’ m. - Recurrent poverty-targeted expenditure Q1 actual: 25,396.5 Le’ m (Q1 budget 35,916.9 Le’ m). - Ministry-level Q1 actuals (selected): - Ministry of Education, Science & Technology: Q1 budget 10,011.7 Le’ m; Q1 actual 8,761.0 Le’ m. - Ministry of Health and Sanitation: Q1 budget 4,778.9 Le’ m; Q1 actual 3,391.2 Le’ m. - Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security: Q1 budget 3,262.5 Le’ m; Q1 actual 1,034.6 Le’ m. - Grants for Devolved Functions to Local Councils: Q1 budget 5,993.4 Le’ m; Q1 actual 672.8 Le’ m. - Education Services: Q1 budget 3,522.2 Le’ m; Q1 actual 472.3 Le’ m. - Pre-primary and Primary Education: Q1 budget 3,078.3 Le’ m; Q1 actual 109.4 Le’ m. - Secondary Education: Q1 budget 443.8 Le’ m; Q1 actual 362.9 Le’ m. - Development poverty-targeted expenditure Q1 actual: 6,261.0 Le’ m (Q1 budget 6,086.0 Le’ m). ### Monetary policy and inflation developments in early 2006 - Monetary policy objectives aimed to contain inflation after strong money supply expansion in 2005; some downward adjustment in monetary aggregates in Q1 2006. - Broad money projected to grow by about 19 percent annually. - Inflation (year-on-year) fell from 13.85 percent in January 2006 to 7.2 percent in July 2006. - Treasury instrument rates (December 2005 to April 2006): - 3-month treasury bills: 20.41 percent (Dec 2005) to 18.89 percent (Apr 2006). - 1-year treasury bonds: 19 percent (Dec 2005) to 13 percent (Apr 2006). - Exchange rate (average monthly buying rate): Le 2,898.22 per US$ in December 2005 to Le 2,925.25 per US$ in April 2006. ### Policy actions, institutional reforms, and capacity strengthening (progress as of end-June 2006) - Debt management and sustainability: - CS-DRMS 2000+ version1.2 installed; debt data reconciled and staff trained. - All loans contracted consistent with Government policy of not less than 35% grant element. - Paris Club extended Consolidated Period under Cologne terms up to November 30, 2006; Government hopes to reach HIPC completion point before end of 2006. - DSA conducted in Freetown in April 2005: Sierra Leone faces moderate risk of debt in medium term but sustainable in long term when programmes financed by grants and concessional loans. - Preparation of loan contraction and management procedure manual in process; to be completed by December after partner inputs. - ADB approved a capacity building project; 35 officials trained in DSA analysis; core staff received specialised debt management training. - Monetary policy and market instruments: - Monetary policy conducted using market-based indirect instruments (open market operations). - Statutory reserve for domestic currency increased from 10 to 12 percent effective 1st December 2004; reserve requirements on foreign currency deposits under investigation. - Master Repurchase Agreement drafted and signed; operational structures being instituted to commence repurchase transactions. - Liquidity-forecasting framework developed; forecasts generated quarterly. - National Payment System Act drafted; documentation for Electronic Clearing House (ECH) completed; Clearing House rules revised and cheque standards developed. - Public financial management and expenditure tracking: - Financial Administration Regulations reviewed; draft new regulations expected in October 2006. - Local Government Finance Department operational. - New chart of accounts to capture donor funds completed by Budget Bureau. - NPPA (National Public Procurement Authority) operational. - IFMIS completed by Accountant General's Department. - PETS surveys now bi-annual. - Domestic resource mobilisation and tax administration: - VAT introduction progress rapid; launch expected in early 2008; permanent Crown Agents consultant based in Freetown. - Authority for granting discretionary tax exemptions moved from MoF to NRA; 23.8 percent drop in duty foregone in Jan-Jun 2006 vs Jan-Jun 2005. - Anti-smuggling wing recruitment and training ongoing; computerisation of NRA not yet undertaken; VAT system to be fully computerised when introduced. - External resource coordination: - Database on resource inflows established and updated by DACO; Working Group on Harmonisation set up. - DACO and DECSEC collaborating to establish databases at every council for local-level resource inflow tracking. *Source: Budget Bureau, MoF, June 2006; extracted text from the provided PDF content.* ### Chapter 3: Progress on Pillar I: “Promoting Good Governance, Peace ### Chapter 3: Progress on Pillar I: “Promoting Good Governance, Peace and Security” ### Improving Good Governance and Accountability - Overarching policy objective: promote efficient, transparent and accountable delivery of public services to the poor. - Programmes include: Improved Public Financial Management, Promoting Transparency and Democracy, Strengthening the Decentralisation Process, Building capacity for effective coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the PRSP, strengthening Security and consolidating the Peace. - July 2006: Government and development partners providing direct budgetary support adopted an Improved Governance and Accountability Pact (IGAP) identifying ten principles and actions for regular reporting. ### Public Financial Management (PFM) — targets, status, and achievements - PFM reform programme based on: - (a) supporting the achievement of fiscal discipline - (b) strategic and effective allocations and use of funds - (c) value for money and probity in the use of public funds. - Summary of Expected Outcomes, Targets and Status (selected items from Table 7): - MTEF Budget process strengthened - Target: Strategic Plans developed for six key MDAs by June 2006 (Health, Education, Agriculture, Transport, SLRA and Mineral Resources). - Status: All MDAs including the key six have developed strategic plans for the MTEF period covering 2006-2008. - Presentation of Budgets to Parliament in accordance with the GBBA 2004 i.e. latest end October. - Status: 2006 Budget was presented to Parliament in the last quarter of 2005 and approved in Government Budgeting & Accountability ACT 2004. The budgetary preparatory process for 2007 started in June 2006. - Publication of Governments allocation at most a month after each quarter. - Status: Quarterly allocations for the first and second quarters of 2006 were sent to the Government printers a month after each quarter. - Establish a baseline for the variation between actual and planned spending and then monitor the reduction in this variation. - Status: The baseline of 14.6 % was established for 2004. Variation between planned spending & actual expenditure outturn was reduced from 14.6% in 2004 to 10.1% in 2005. - Publication of Public Accounts for the financial years 2000-2002 by end of first quarter 2006 and Public Accounts for financial years 2003 and 2004 by end 2006. - Status: The first volume of the 2000-2002 reports has been published by parliament. The Public Accounts for 2002 and 2003 have been by MOF and circulated for comments. - IFMIS installed in six MDAs by end 2006 - Status: IFMIS has been installed in the following MDAs: Education, Health, Agriculture, Police, Accountant-General and Works. - Internal Audit strengthened - Target: Seven MDAs have internal Audit units by end 2006. - Status: Six out of seven MDAs have got functional internal audit units: Education, Health, Defence, Police, SLRA and Finance. - Increased oversight role by Parliament - Target: Recommendations of the 2000-2 PAC Implemented by end 2006; PAC to review the 2003 Auditor General’s report by June 2006; Recommendations of 2003 PAC report published and implemented. - Status: The cases relating to the six largest losses recommended to be recovered have been forwarded to the Attorney General for legal proceedings. PAC has not reviewed report, as the PAC is still to produce the second volume of the 2000-2 report. Still outstanding pending the review. - Functional Procurement Units in MDAs established - Target: The Secretariat of the NPPA and the independent review panel staffed and fully operational by April 2006; Nine key MDAs to have procurement plans for MOF approval end 2006; Quarterly publication of all awards in accordance with the National Public Procurement Act 2005; Procurement Audit conducted annually on about 10 procuring entities. - Status: The NPPA is now fully staffed. The following MDAs have produced procurement plans that have been approved by MOF for 2006: Agriculture, Health, Defence, Education, Works, Mineral Resources, Transport, SLRA and SLP. Quarterly publication of all awards was not achieved. Procurement Audit was not conducted. - PETS and related perception surveys conducted regularly and recommendations implemented - Target: PETS report for 2003 and 2004 Published by end 2006-10-24; Action Plan for 2003 PETS report implemented by end 2006; Action Plan for 2004 PETS report developed by end 2006. - Status: PETS report for 2003 has been published. The report for 2004 is being finalised. Action Plan on the recommendations for the PETS report 2003 have been developed and is being implemented. Action Plan for 2004 is still pending. - Common Action Plan (CAP) for PFM reform successfully implemented - Target: Implementation of the CAP to commence by end 2006. - Status: The PEFA framework is being used to monitor CAP. A PEFA assessment was conducted in March 2006 and a NAP has been developed. - IFMIS rollout and modules: - 1st June 2005: foundation modules of IFMIS installed in the Accountant General’s Department (appropriation modules, expenditure control modules and general ledger). - 1st January 2006: additional modules installed: revenue, fixed assets, stores purchasing (procurement) and performance budgeting modules. - Complete switch of the free balance (IFMIS) accountability solution extended to the Ministry of Finance and the Sierra Leone Police. - 2006 target: human capacity accountability module implemented in the Accountant General’s Department and the Establishment Secretary’s Office for human resource and payroll operations. - By end 2006 target: IFMIS rolled out to Ministries of Education, Health, Agriculture, Works and the Auditor General’s Department. - Internal Audit achievements and constraints: - Six (6) out of seven (7) MDAs targeted for 2005 have functional Internal Audit Units (Education, Health, Defence, SLP, SLRA and MOF). - Units meet minimum criteria: adequate staffing, reporting to Vote Controller, regular production of reports, copies to Office of the Auditor General, evidence of management follow-up. - Major constraint: local availability of technically qualified staff and unattractive salary levels in the Civil Service. - Public Procurement developments: - Public Procurement Act 2005 enacted; procurement decentralized with MDAs establishing procurement committees and units. - A training workshop for 25 Procurement Committee Members conducted on the Public Procurement legislation, regulatory instruments and the procurement process. - Nine (9) MDAs produced procurement plans approved by MOF for 2006 (Defence, Health, Agriculture, Education, Works, Mineral Resources, Transport, SLRA and SLP). - Procurement plans interpreted into annual national budget. - Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS): - PETS recommended contracting KPMG Sierra Leone for payment of Government fee subsidies to primary schools — implementation ongoing. - PETS recommendations led to committees in the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health to verify teacher payroll and distribution of drugs respectively. - PETS reports for 2001-2003 informed these reforms. - CAP and PEFA: - PFM Oversight Committee met twice in 2005. - 2006 focus on PEFA framework to monitor CAP; internal PEFA assessment conducted in March 2006; National Action Plan being developed incorporating IGAP and MDBS-PAF. - Obstacles and recommendations: - Major challenge: availability of qualified staff at central and local government levels due to uncompetitive remuneration package in the Public sector relative to the private sector. ### Promoting Transparency and Democracy - Medium-term Government focus: promoting transparency, accountability and democracy in the public sector to improve public service delivery. - Key approaches: (a) Anti-Corruption Agenda and (b) conducting free and fair elections in 2007. - Summary of Expected Outcomes, Targets and Status (selected items from Table 8): - ACC national Strategy fully implemented - Target: MDAs to prepare and publish Anti Corruption strategies by end 2006; 80% of ACC cases lodged are prosecuted and or completed. - Status: MDAs publishing Anti Corruption strategies is still pending. 50 (fifty) cases were reported, 22 (twenty two) were referred to court and 7 (seven) convictions were made. - Fully operational National Electoral Commission (NEC) - Target: Constituency delimitation exercise completed by end 2006; Voters registration completed by end 2006. - Status: NEC is fully operational. The constituency delimitation is on going. 112 constituencies have been delimited in a transparent manner and in accordance with the law. NEC is preparing a comprehensive Voters Register that will be acceptable to all stake holders. - Anti-Corruption Commission case processing (Table 9): - 500 Fresh Cases reported to the ACC - 518 forwarded to the investigations Department - 50 reported cases; 22 referred to Court; 7 Convictions - Source: Anti-Corruption Commission, Sierra Leone, May 2006 - Measures to strengthen prosecutions: - Problems: repeated and unnecessary adjournments of cases prosecuted by State Counsels causing discharge of sound cases for want of prosecution. - Response: introduction of the Special Prosecutors Unit. - To ensure transparency in prosecution of corruption cases: a three-person committee established comprising two Special Prosecutors attached to the ACC and a State Counsel; decisions to prosecute cases determined by this committee. - NEC preparations for 2007 elections: - 2005 resolution to ensure: restructuring and rebuilding of the Commission, developing staff capacity, developing requisite infrastructure, establishing an Information Technology (IT) System, reviewing Electoral Laws and Regulations, Electoral Boundary Delimitation, establishing permanent voters’ register and massive sensitisation. - NEC training: Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) conducted in November 2005 and April 2006. - Electoral boundary delimitation: study tour to Ghana and Botswana; stakeholder workshops conducted before allocation of parliamentary seats. ### Strengthening the Decentralisation Process - Goal: deepen devolution to empower grassroots communities; linked to fiscal decentralisation to provide funds for devolved functions. - Expected Outcomes, Targets and Status (selected items from Table 10): - Devolution plan fully implemented - Target: Increase the number of devolved functions by 50% by end 2006. - Status: Government has devolved 23 out of the 34 functions scheduled for devolution (functions associated with Health, Education, Agriculture, Solid Waste Disposal, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation). - Target: 10 out of 19 elected local councils meet the transparency and financial management accountability requirements. - Status: Financial Management training has been conducted for personnel of the Local Councils and basic equipment provided. Local Council personnel are expected to attend at least two courses per annum. - Target: Amend the Hospital Act and Education Boards Act by end 2006. - Status: Task force set up to amend these acts and work is ongoing. - Target: The IMC to meet quarterly. - Status: The IMC has been meeting regularly to discuss decentralisation issues. - Institutional arrangements and challenges: - Progress attributed to political commitment, work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) chaired by the Vice President, adoption of Decentralisation Policy and regulatory frameworks. - IMC expanded to consider implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the PRSP. - Key challenge: resolve inconsistencies between the LGA 2004 and existing laws — task force identified inconsistent laws and work has started to develop a legislative review policy. - Another challenge: controversy over revenue sharing between local councils and chiefdom authorities — Government developing a policy on Chiefdom Governance to address roles, responsibilities and fiscal management linkages. ### Capacity for PRSP implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation - Medium-term objective: reform the civil service to build requisite capacity for effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the PRSP. - Expected Outcomes, Targets and Status (selected items from Table 11): - A comprehensive Civil Service Reform programme agreed and implemented. - Target: Undertake a 90-day review of the architecture of the Public Service by end April 2006. - Status: 90-day review of the architecture of GoSL was completed in March 2006 and implementation of the recommendations from the reviews is expected to commence in September 2006. - Target: Restructure 60% of MDAs by end 2006 based on recommendations of the 90-day review. - Status: Restructuring of the MDAs have not commenced as the steering Committee on Good Governance needs to endorse the proposal before it is subsequently approved by cabinet. - Target: Convert the ESO into a HRMO. - Status: Cabinet approval on the strategy to convert the ESO to HRMO was received in July. *Source: Chapter 3, _cr0717 - Chapter 3: Progress on Pillar I: “Promoting Good Governance, Peace and Security”* ### 2006. Training for the selected staff will ### _cr0717 - 2006. Training for the selected staff will ### Capacity Developed for the Coordination, implementation, monitoring and Evaluation of the PRSP - All vacancies in DACO filled by mid 2006. - A Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the PRSP developed by end 2006. - The first Annual Progress Report on PRS implementation by mid 2006. - Functional planning and M&E Unit established in four key MDAs by end 2006. - All vacancies in DACO have been filled by June 2006. - A comprehensive M&E Framework for the PRSP has been developed and was presented at the DEPAC meeting in April 2006. - The Annual Progress Report on the implementation of the PRSP has been developed. - A needs assessment has been conducted for the establishment of functional M&E units in the ministries of Agriculture, Health, Education and all local councils. - The M&E Unit in DACO is now fully operational. - DACO and DECSEC have developed an M&E system which is being piloted in three districts; the system will be extended to all councils by the end of the year. - DACO is collaborating with the World Bank for training of M&E personnel in the three line ministries (Education, Health and Agriculture) and all local councils. - Key challenges: - Availability of resources to implement the Senior Executive Service (SES) programme. - Need for an agreement of the working groups on records management to integrate activities of various programmes and projects in reconciling payroll and personnel records. - Although the recommendations from the 90-day review of the public service have not been endorsed by cabinet, some recommendations are being implemented: - A new policy manual on recruitment, training, and development, performance management and budgeting procedures has been developed. - A policy document on a composite Civil Service Law has been developed. ### Promoting Security and Consolidating Peace (Section 3.3) - Overarching objective: develop capacity of Sierra Leone security forces to promote internal security and respond to internal and external security threats; focus on military intelligence, coordinated approach, and equipping Police and Military. - Medium term policy objective: facilitate reconciliation through implementation of recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Table 12: Promoting Security and Consolidating Peace — Expected Outcome / Targets / Status - Fully operational SLP - Target: Increase the number police to 9500 by end 2006. - Status: The current of the SLP is 9324. - Fully Operational RSLAF - Target: Reduce military personnel by end 2006. - Status: Troop’s strength was dropped from 14,500 to 10,500. - Strengthened Security Intelligence - Target: Effective security coordination mechanism put in place by end 2006. - Status: A system of security committees at National, Regional and District levels has been established. - White paper on TRC Implemented. - Target: Develop an Action Plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the TRC report. - Status: The Action Plan has not been developed. - Security Sector Reform: - Security Sector Reform Programme prepared to operationalise recommendations in the Security Sector Review Report in March 2005. - Office of National Security (ONS) prepared the Protective Security Manual and the Standard Response Guidelines of the National Security Architecture of Sierra Leone in 2005. - Government set-up a Disaster Management Department within the ONS; mandated through an Act of Parliament as Government of Sierra Leone’s primary coordinator for national emergencies. - A National Disaster Management policy will be implemented through a National Disaster Management Plan. - Provincial and district disaster management committees coordinated by ONS operate within established provincial Security Committees. - District Security Committees (DISECs) deployed in major border districts: Kailahun, Kambia and Pujehun. - ONS Officers deployed in Koinadugu, Kono and Moyamba DISECS. - Police and Military streamlining: - Current strength of the Sierra Leone Police is 9234 with an operational strength of 8871 as 328 recruits are in training. - By end September 2006, the operational strength of the SLP will be 9234, which is the target for the year 2006. - All SLP personnel are provided with basic standard equipments before deployment. - TRC implementation: - Action Plan has not been developed. - Establishment of a Human Rights Commission is being implemented; commissioners have been appointed. - Resources are being mobilised through the Peace Building Commission to ensure the commission is fully operational by March 2007. ### Progress on Pillar II: “Promoting Pro-Poor Growth for Food Security and Job Creation” (Chapter 4) - Objective: Achieving Food Security through promoting private sector development, employment opportunities for youth in formal and informal sectors, increased food security, increased agricultural export earnings, access of fisheries product to the world market, improved infrastructure, improved macroeconomic management, and improved management of development assistance. ### Promoting Private Sector Development (Section 4.1) - Overall objective: create an enabling environment for private sector development. - Table 13: Creating the enabling environment for Private Sector Development — Expected Outcomes, Targets, Status Selected entries and exact figures/status: - Conduct a DTIS by Mid 2006. - Status: DTIS was conducted by end June 2006. - Develop and approve Action Matrix for DTIS by end 2006. - Status: Action Matrix for the DTIS was developed in June 2006 to be validated by September 2006. - Formulate a SME policy by end 2006. - Status: This will be developed by end 2006 under the Private Sector Development programme. - Partnership Law designed by end 2006. - Status: This is still pending. - Competition policy formulated by end 2006. - Status: Consultations are on going with development partners on the process for the development of a competition policy. - Bankruptcy Act formulated by end 2006. - Status: A Draft of the Companies and Bankruptcy are has been produced and is currently being reviewed at the Law Officers. - Quarterly Public Private Dialogue held. - Status: Two Public Private sector forums were held in 2005. In 2006, an Investors Conference was held in March 2006. - Implement the recommendations from the Administrative Barriers to Trade study. - Status: Implementation of these recommendations is on going. - Consolidated Mines and Minerals Act legislated by end 2006. - Status: The draft consolidated Mine and Minerals Act is being finalised by the Laws officers department. - Functioning Cadastre system by end 2006. - Status: A pilot Cadastre system is being implemented in Kono district. - Increase in official diamond exports. - Status: Official diamond increased from US$121 million in 2004 to US$149 million in 2005. - Additional notes: - A Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) was conducted in 2006 and an Activity Matrix developed and to be validated by October 2006 with implementation starting thereafter. - A multidisciplinary Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) was established in June 2005; a national stakeholder workshop held in June 2006. Progress slowed due to lack of stakeholder awareness; Ministry of Trade & Industry began public education on IPR issues through the Mass Communications Department at the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. - An Administrative Barriers to Trade and Investment study was conducted in 2005; DFID and FIAS providing financial support for implementation of recommendations. - An Investors Conference was held in March 2006 and a follow up mechanism for interested investors is being developed. - A joint Private Sector and Youth Enterprise Development programme has been developed by UNIDO, UNDP, UNIFEM and FAO to establish a Public-Private Consultative Mechanism. - Formulation of an SME Policy envisaged in the last quarter of 2006 under the PSD programme supported by DfID and implemented by the Ministry of Trade & Industry. - Drafts of the Companies and Bankruptcy Acts are being reviewed; consultative process for a Competition Policy will build on reform in the utilities sector. ### Agriculture / Agro-processing (Section 4.1.1) - Skills and Food Processing Centers destroyed and looted during the War are in the process of being rehabilitated and re-equipped in Growth Centers including Pujehun, Kpandebu and Binkolo. - A Business Plan has been finalized and in August 2007 an Agricultural Machinery Production Centre (AMPC) will be established at the Ferry Junction in Freetown. The project aims to establish an Agricultural Machinery Training and Production Center complete with facilities for an industrial park of metal working enterprises on the same site. ### Trade Capacity Building (Section 4.1.2) - A Needs Assessment on strengthening Quality, Standards and Testing, Certification, and Accreditation services was carried out in May 2006 within the framework of the ECOWAS Regional Quality Development Programme. - A consultative workshop on SPS was held in June 2006. ### Challenges (Trade) - Need to strengthen the Policy, Planning and Research Division of the Ministry of Trade & Industry. - The Department has only two full time personnel that are Technical Assistants from development partners. - Funding for establishment of a trade information database and strengthening of the NCCT is still outstanding. ### Promoting Youth Employment (Section 4.2) - Medium term policy objective: generate employment opportunities for youth in both the formal and informal sectors. - Short term initiative: The Youth Employment scheme will provide an estimated 135,000 jobs nationwide for the next twelve months. The scheme will be launched in the beginning of October 2006. - Table 14: Promoting Youth Employment — Expected Outcomes, Targets, Status - Reduced youth unemployment rate / Creating employment opportunities for the Youth in the formal and informal sectors - Status: Youth Agricultural farms are being created nationwide. - A Youth Employment Scheme has been developed and is being implemented. - Specific achievements and figures: - Since the beginning of 2006, 48 micro-farms have been created by the Ministry of Youth and sports with support from UNDP. - 120 Agricultural Business Units (ABUs) have been established by the Ministry of Agriculture and UNDP. - With assistance from USAID, one macro-farm has been created in Newton with employment potential of 1500 youth. - Under animal husbandry, 12 farms, each comprising 10 young women in 12 Districts has been established with assistance from UNDP. - Six enterprises for “Girls off the Street” in 6 Districts have been established with assistance from UNDP. - Micro-credits have been granted to 1200 youth in 3 Districts with assistance from USAID. - One medium size enterprise for palm kernel established and currently employs 30 youth with assistance from UNDP. - A UNDP/SLADEA pottery medium size enterprise is employing 20 persons. - SLRA currently engages 3,618 youth in various road works. - NaCSA has 65 ongoing projects with an average of 30 youth employed in each project. - Resources mobilised for a KfW financed project with a potential of employing 1000 youth starting from October 2006. - A GTZ Basic Education Project produced 300 graduates from Community Education Centres. - 160 young people employed as Peer Educators deployed in all chiefdoms. - GTZ project being developed to create jobs for 2500 youth after training in 5 districts, and for a total 13,500 persons (including youth) after a functional alphabetisation course in 25 communities. - GTZ and GoSL preparing a “National Employment Survey” to identify nationwide employment market potentialities. - Obstacles and Recommendations: - Main obstacles: very limited job market linked to sluggish private sector growth; access to appropriate technology; societal preference for imported goods; poor investment culture; lack of youth awareness of business opportunities; limited access to finance; youth employability (majority lack requisite qualifications); poor inter-institutional programming and coordination. - Addressing these problems would go a long way in fighting youth unemployment in Sierra Leone. ### Increasing Food Security through the Productive Sectors (Section 4.3) - Medium term focus sectors: Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining and Tourism. ### Agriculture (Section 4.3.1) - Agriculture is the backbone of the Sierra Leone economy, employing the highest proportion of the active labour force. - Objective: improve food availability and increase agricultural export earnings. - Table 15: Improving on food availability and increase Agricultural Export Earning — Expected Outcome / Target / Status Selected entries with exact figures/status: - Increased domestic food Production. - Target: 2.5% Increase in Rice Production by end 2005 cropping season. - Status: Rice Paddy production increased from 526,619metric tons to 552,000 metric tons. - Increase Tuber production. - Status: Production of Cassava, Sweet Potato and Groundnut has doubled in the last twelve months. - Increase fish catch landed. - Status: Fish catch landed increased from 7,990 metric tons to 8,933 metric tons. Industrial fish production increased from 10,661 metric tons to 12,260 metric tons. - Increase livestock rearing. - Status: Production of all livestock increased. - Increase the number of fish smoking houses. - Status: 12 fish smoking houses were constructed. - Increase the number of trained fish processors. - Status: 2500 fish processors trained nationwide. - Increase the revenue from export of food commodities. - Status: Revenue from export crops increased from $503,800 in 2005 to $554,765 in mid 2006 for coffee and $5,659,100 to $6,841,652 for cocoa during the same period. - Increase in the number of refrigerated containers. - Status: 19 refrigerated containers have been installed nationwide through private sector initiative. - Increase in the number of fish markets with storage facilities. - Status: There is a Japanese initiative aimed at establishing a fish market at King Jimmy. - Adoption of a Fisheries Development Policy. - Status: A comprehensive Fisheries Policy was developed and adopted in 2005. - Additional agricultural inputs and outcomes: - Paddy rice production increased by 4.82% between 2004 (526,619 MT) and 2005 (552,000 MT). - Government’s provision to farm families nationwide: 3168 MT of seed rice, 115 tractors, 8 combine harvesters and 6 mobile threshers. *Source: _cr0717 - 2006. Training for the selected staff will* ### 2005. Figure 2 depicts the positive trend in their production in the last four years. ### _cr0717 - 2005. Figure 2 depicts the positive trend in their production in the last four years. ### Crop production trends (2002–2005) - Table 16: Production of Major Food Crops 2002-2005 (Production Metric (Tons)) - Rice (Paddy): 2002 422,065; 2003 445,633; 2004 526,619; 2005 552,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 30.8; % Change from 2004 to 2005 4.82 - Maize: 2002 16,068; 2003 16,060; 2004 32,125; 2005 38,550; % Change from 2002 to 2005 140; % Change from 2004 to 2005 20.00 - Cassava: 2002 895,817; 2003 1,091,178; 2004 1,759,292; 2005 2,287,060; % Change from 2002 to 2005 155.3; % Change from 2004 to 2005 30.00 - Sweet potato: 2002 45,450; 2003 74,446; 2004 153,198; 2005 191,498; % Change from 2002 to 2005 321.3; % Change from 2004 to 2005 25.00 - Groundnut: 2002 98,400; 2003 117,000; 2004 152,000; 2005 167,200; % Change from 2002 to 2005 70; % Change from 2004 to 2005 10.00 - Figure 2: Trends in Production (‘000 mt) of Major Crops 2002-2005 shows positive upward trends for Rice (paddy), Maize, Cassava, Sweet Potato, and Groundnut over 2002–2005. ### PRSP targets and actuals for staple crops (2005, and targets for 2006–2007) - Table 17: Comparing Target and Actual Production (mt) for the First Year of PRS Implementation (2005) - Rice: Target 540,000; Actual 552,000; Difference 12,000; Target 2006 875,000; Target 2007 1,290,000 - Cassava: Target 1,935,221; Actual 2,287,060; Difference 351,839; Target 2006 2,100,000; Target 2007 2,300,000 - Sweet Potato: Target 160,856; Actual 191,498; Difference 30,642; Target 2006 185,368; Target 2007 203,905 - Groundnut: Target 95,684; Actual 167,200; Difference 71,516; Target 2006 110,265; Target 2007 121,292 - Finding: "The PRSP targets for Rice, Cassava, Sweet Potato and Groundnut were well achieved for 2005." ### Rice milled availability and self-sufficiency (2004–2005) - Table 18: Milled Rice Availability: 2005 compared to 2004 (Marketing Season) - Total Domestic Production (MT): 2004 262,673; 2005 310,742; % Change + 18.3 - Total Imports (MT): 2004 160,000; 2005 112,000; % Change -30.0 - Total Availability (MT): 2004 413,876; 2005 422,742; % Change + 2.1 - Statement: "The increase in local milled rice (18.3%) corresponds to a 30% decrease in importation of rice between 2004 (160,000 MT) and 2005 (112,000 MT). The reduction in rice import has had positive implication in terms of foreign exchange savings." - Table 19: Rice Self-sufficiency levels by District in 2004 and 2005 - Total national self-sufficiency: 2004 60%; 2005 69%; % Difference 9 - District-level changes (selected): - KAILAHUN: 2004 106%; 2005 123%; % Difference 17 - KENEMA: 2004 76%; 2005 87%; % Difference 11 - KOINADUGU: 2004 121%; 2005 140%; % Difference 19 - TONKOLILI: 2004 63%; 2005 81%; % Difference 18 - BONTHE: 2004 21%; 2005 44%; % Difference 23 - WESTERN AREA: 2004 4%; 2005 4%; % Difference 0 - Finding: "Self-sufficiency in rice increased from 60% in 2004 to 69% in 2005. With the exception of the Western Area, all the other 12 districts of Sierra Leone attained a significant increase in rice self-sufficiency." ### Livestock production and PRSP targets (2002–2005; 2006–2007 targets) - Table 20: Livestock Estimate 2002-2005 (Production Level in heads) - Cattle: 2002 100,000; 2003 120,000; 2004 150,000; 2005 200,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 100.00; % Change from 2004 to 2005 33.33 - Goats: 2002 250,000; 2003 300,000; 2004 350,000; 2005 450,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 80.00; % Change from 2004 to 2005 28.57 - Sheep: 2002 200,000; 2003 235,000; 2004 300,000; 2005 375,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 87.50; % Change from 2004 to 2005 25.00 - Chicken: 2002 4,000,000; 2003 4,290,000; 2004 4,500,000; 2005 5,200,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 30.00; % Change from 2004 to 2005 15.56 - Ducks: 2002 300,000; 2003 350,000; 2004 400,000; 2005 500,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 66.67; % Change from 2004 to 2005 25.00 - Pigs: 2002 20,000; 2003 22,000; 2004 25,000; 2005 35,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 75.00; % Change from 2004 to 2005 40.00 - Rabbits: 2002 5,000; 2003 5,500; 2004 6,000; 2005 7,000; % Change from 2002 to 2005 40.00; % Change from 2004 to 2005 16.67 - PRSP first-year results and targets (Table 21) - Cattle: Target 2005 250,000; Actual 200,000; Difference -50,000; Target 2006 313,000; Target 2007 430,000 - Goats: Target 2005 438,000; Actual 450,000; Difference 12,000; Target 2006 548,000; Target 2007 644,600 - Sheep: Target 2005 375,000; Actual 375,000; Difference 0; Target 2006 469,000; Target 2007 558,6000 - Findings and explanations: - "In the first year of PRS implementation, production of pigs recorded the highest percentage increase (40 percent), followed by cattle (33.3 percent), goats (28.6 percent) and sheep (25 percent)." - "Out of the three categories of livestock (cattle, goats and sheep) monitored within the PRSP, it is only the production targets for goats and sheep that were met; the production of cattle fell far below the target by 50,000 heads in 2005." - Cause noted: "The high cost of restocking cattle is one of the major reasons for falling below the target in cattle." - Government action: continuing restocking programme with targets for 2006 and 2007 as above. ### Fisheries sector performance and interventions (2002–2005) - National actions in 2005: - Trained 2,500 fish processors in fishing communities nationwide. - Constructed 12 fish smoke houses. - Developed and adopted a Comprehensive Fish Policy. - Industrial fishery (Table 22) - Production (mt): 2002 8,988; 2003 9,831; 2004 10,661; 2005 12,260; % Change from 2002 to 2005 36.40; % Change from 2004 to 2005 15.00 - Landed (mt): 2002 6,938; 2003 6,201; 2004 7,990; 2005 8,933; % Change from 2002 to 2005 28.75; % Change from 2004 to 2005 11.80 - % Landed: 2002 77; 2003 63; 2004 75; 2005 73; % Change from 2002 to 2005 -5.19; % Change from 2004 to 2005 -2.67 - Finding: "Between 2004 and 2005, industrial fish production increased from 10,661 mt to 12,260 mt, an increase of about 15%. Fish catch landed increased from 7,990 mt to 8,933 mt, an increase of 11.8%." - Artisanal fishery (Table 23) - Production (mt): 2002 55,659; 2003 65,458; 2004 106,216; 2005 122,148; % change from 2002 to 2005 119.46; % change from 2004 to 2005 15 - Finding: "Artisanal fish production has continuously increased ... to 122,148 mt in 2005." - Constraints and responses: - Post-harvest loss in the Artisanal Fishery sector estimated at 15% in 2005, attributed to inadequate capacity in fish handling and processing. - Government response: massive training programme in fish processing extended to all districts. - Regulatory step: draft fishery legislation entitled ‘fishery products regulations 2004’ developed and with consultants for final editing. - Ongoing harmonization of procedures with international standards to access international markets. ### Mining sector developments (2005) - Government objectives: reactivate rutile, bauxite and diamond mines; promote Kimberlite diamond development; promote exploration of favourable geological areas; improve artisanal mining livelihoods. - 2005 interventions and outcomes: - Facilitated re-opening of Sierra Rutile mines by securing a grant of Є25 million from the EU and on-lending it to the company; production started and export of Rutile started in mid 2006. - Provided support to reopen Bauxite mines at Mokanji. - Restart of Rutile and Bauxite created an estimated 1400 new jobs in mining areas. - Diamonds: full-scale Kimberlite mining ongoing in Koidu; official diamond exports increased from $121 million in 2004 to $149 million in 2005; Kimberlite accounted for $113 million while alluvial mining accounted for the rest. - Institutional reforms: review of mining laws agreed in 2005; pilot national cadastre system being implemented in Kono district to improve revenue collection and transparency. - Extension Services Unit established within MMR in late 2004 to provide extension services to artisanal diamond miners (reserve identification, modern and safe mining techniques). ### Investing in supportive infrastructure: roads, energy, ICT - Roads and transport - Public Roads Network totals about 11300km: 8000km national Road System (Primary, Secondary and Feeder roads); remaining 3300km are local and unclassified roads. - Feeder roads constructed and maintained: 2004 1350 km; mid 2006 1874 km (accounts for 87.5 percent of the target set for 2006). - All-weather trunk roads constructed and maintained increased from 581 km in 2004 to 1774 km by mid 2006. - Maintained roads: 375 km of primary roads and 2722 km of secondary roads maintained nationwide. - Percentage of feeder roads in good condition increased by 10 percent (period unspecified, reported within same period to mid 2006). - Energy and power - Installed capacity in Freetown increased to 31.33 megawatts from 26.5 megawatts in 2004 due to a 6 megawatts generating plant undergoing commissioning runs. - Western Area estimated overall energy requirement 100 mw (statement: "far below the overall energy requirement for Western Area which is estimated at 100 mw"). - Regional projects: rehabilitation of Bo-Kenema Power Station (BKPS) to extend electricity to towns and villages with populations of 463,668 and 497,948 respectively. - Pujehun: 500KVA generating plant with associated transmission and distribution network installed and commissioned. - Plans: install and commission a 1 MW generating plant for Makeni. - Government partners: BADEA and South African company ESCOM for provision of generating plants to boost power supply in the Western Area. - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - Strategy: liberalise ICT market to increase population access to IT products and promote competition. - Telecommunications: eight (8) GSM licenses issued; five (5) mobile phone companies operational. - Network coverage extended to eight (8) of the twelve (12) districts. - Mobile companies estimated to have invested over US $125 million in the country. - VSAT: about 30 licenses provided for two-way satellite Internet services using Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT). - Private investment: Israeli Telecommunications Company Sierra-Com invested US$3 million to bring high speed broadband wireless internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoiP). - Internet service: 25 registered Internet Service Providers (ISP). - Tele-centres: over 1000 tele-booth operators have opened tele-centres and telephone booths in Freetown and some provincial towns. *Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security; Ministry of Fishery and Marine Resources; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (tables and figures as presented in the document).* ### Chapter 5: Progress on Pillar III: “Promoting Human Development” ### Chapter 5: Progress on Pillar III: “Promoting Human Development” ### Education — Expanding Access to and Quality of Basic Education - Government priority: expanding access to and quality of basic education with a focus on the girl child; expansion to proceed in tandem with maintaining quality. - Education expenditure share of GDP: 3.9% in 2005 and set to rise to 4% in 2007. - Reforms in process: - Streamlining and reorganization of the educational institution network at all levels. - Implementation of teacher training and additional training programmes. - Review of school programmes. - Increased adult education, learning programmes, and development of distance education programmes. - Infrastructure and inputs in 2005: - Government constructed 200 primary schools, 30 Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and 30 Technical Vocational institutes. - Government provided subsidies to all private basic education institutions for female pupils in the Eastern and Northern provinces. - Over 100,000 sets of teaching and learning materials provided. - 1000 unqualified and untrained teachers trained. - Key outcomes and status (as reported): - Enrolment in class 1 of primary education increased from 260,000 in 2004 to 355,300 in 2005, recording 87 percent net primary school enrolment. - NPSE (National Primary School Examination) passes increased from 43,400 in 2004 to 55,800 in 2005 (increase of 29 percent). - Girls passing NPSE at grade 230 increased from 5,176 in 2004 to 20,062 in 2005 (an increase of about 287.6 percent). - JSS net enrolment rate increased from 13 percent in 2004 to 44.0 percent in 2005. - Primary completion rate increased from 60 percent in 2004 to 73 percent in 2005 (calculated at 6-year interval). - Primary pupil/teacher ratio increased from 52:1 in 2004 to about 67:1 in 2005. - JSS pupil/teacher ratio: improved from 28:1 in 2004 to 30:1 in 2005 (medium term target of 30:1 achieved). - Ratio of girls to boys in primary education maintained at 1:1.2 in 2005 (from 1:1.2 in 2004) against medium term target of 1:1.1. - Ratio of girls to boys in junior secondary education reduced from 1:1.5 to 1:1.4. - Primary textbook–pupil ratio in the five weakest districts improved from 1:5 in 2004 to 1:4 in 2005. - Table 24 (selected expected outcomes and reported status): - Increase Primary Net Enrolment Rate to 70% by end 2006 — Enrolment increased from 260,000 in 2004 to 355,300 in 2005. - Increase JSS Net enrolment Rate by 4% — Data on this is not available. - Increase Primary Completion Rate to 67% by end 2006 — Primary Completion Rate increased from 60% in 2004 to 73% in 2005. - Reduce primary pupil teacher to 50:1 by end 2006 — This ratio increased from 52:1 in 2004 to 68.1:1 in 2005. - Increase the JSS pupil Teacher ratio to 29:1 by end 2006 — This ratio increased from 28:1 to 30:1. - Increase ratio of girls to boys in primary education from 5:6 to 10:11 by end 2006 — This ratio did not change. - Increase ratio of girls to boys in secondary education from 2:3 to 5:7 by end 2006 — This ratio reduced from 1:1.5 to 1:1.4. - Increase number of NPSE passes (230 pass grade) to 54,700 — NPSE passes increased from 43,400 in 2004 to 55,800 in 2005. - Increase the number of girls passing NPSE (230 pass grade) to 19,000 — Girls passing NPSE at grade 230 increased from 5,176 in 2004 to 20,062 in 2005. - Increase text book pupil ratio in 5 weakest district from 1:5 to 1:4 — This increased from 1:5 in 2004 to 1:4 in 2005. - Post-basic education: - SL_PRSP recognises need for efficient post-basic education to meet human resource needs for key poverty reduction programmes. - Poverty incidence by household head education: 17 percent for heads attaining a university education; 63 percent for heads attaining primary education; 52 percent for heads attaining junior secondary school. - Activities in 2005 not focused on post-basic education; next phase to place more emphasis on post-basic education to meet civil service reform programme needs. - Obstacles and recommendations: - Main constraint: inadequacy of qualified teachers. - Recommendation: step up strategies to promote distance learning for teachers. - Classrooms highly overcrowded in urban areas; need interventions to decongest classrooms to ensure a convenient learning environment. ### Health — Reducing Under Five and Maternal Mortality - Medium-term government objective: reduce under five and maternal mortality rates by expanding access and quality of healthcare services with focus on: - (a) construction and rehabilitation of health facilities nationwide; - (b) training of health workers and traditional birth attendants; - (c) expanding immunization coverage; - (d) providing Insecticide Treated Bed Nets (ITNs); - (e) addressing HIV/AIDS. - Table 25 (expected outcomes, targets, and status): - Increase the number of functional PHUs by 100 — Number of functional PHUs increased from 668 in 2004 to 845 in 2006. - Reduce Infant Mortality — Infant Mortality rates reduced from 170/1000 in 2004 to estimated 115/1000 live births in 2005. - Reduce Under Five Mortality — Under Five Mortality rate reduced from 286/1000 in 2004 to estimates 203/1000 live births in 2005. - Reduce Maternal Mortality — Maternal mortality rate reduced from 1800/100,000 live births in 2004 to estimated 1600/1000,000 live births in 2005. - Increase % of one year olds receiving DPT to 65% by end 2006 — DPT coverage for one-year-old increased to 58% by June 2006. - Increase number of pregnant women sleeping under Long lasting insecticide Treated Bed nets by 8% — Number increased from 2% in 2004 to 10.3% in 2005. - Increase the number of Insecticide Treated Bed nets to 180,000 by end 2006 — Insecticide Treated Bed nets coverage increased from 60,000 in 2004 to 292,345 in 2006. - Reduce Malnutrition among children by 3% — Current data for this indicator is not available. - Increase the percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel to 50% — Percentage increased from 33% in 2004 to 42% in 2005. - HIV/AIDS targets and status: - Increase the number of PLWHAs receiving ARV from 800 to 2000 by end 2006 — Number of PLWHAs receiving ARV is estimated 1178 by mid 2006. - Increase the percentage of antenatal women receiving nevaripine to 10% by end 2006 — Estimated at 45% by June 2006. - Increase the number of condoms distributed by one million annually — Distribution increased from 7,883,536 in 2005 to 8,170,284 in 2006. - Increase the number of orphans receiving support to prevent HIV/AIDS by 2000 — Data is unavailable for this indicator. - Additional health-sector activities and outcomes: - Access to healthcare increased from 40% to 70% between 2004 and 2005. - ITN access increased by 8% among pregnant women and by 6% among children under five years of age. - Mass campaign on vitamin A supplements and deworming benefited 770,000 children nationwide. - In 2005: - National Strategic Framework finalised. - Behavioural Surveillance Survey conducted. - 15 line ministries developed HIV/AIDS policies. - Over 700 personnel from public and private sectors trained in HIV/AIDS preventive measures. - Over 600 PLWHAs received ARV while 900,000 condoms were distributed nationwide. - Additional 20 VCCT centres established nationwide. - 37,342 people underwent a serological test for HIV. - 584 health providers met minimum conditions to provide Sexually Transmitted Infection services. - HIV prevalence rate reported at 1.53%. - A Country Response Information System is being developed and will be installed in all district councils to monitor trends in HIV/AIDS. - Obstacles to implementation: - (a) Insufficient financial resources for implementation of planned activities. - (b) Insufficient and poorly motivated personnel for providing healthcare services. - (c) Lengthy procurement procedures in acquiring medical supplies and logistics. - Data caveats: - Mortality figures are estimates; actual figures determined only after every five-year period. - Figures for percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel do not include deliveries attended by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). - Data on underweight children unavailable for current reporting period. ### Next Steps — Implementation Challenges and Priorities - Overall assessment: - Satisfactory progress recorded in several areas; considerable room for improvement in others. - Majority of MDAs did not achieve Poverty Expenditure targets due to shortfalls in domestic and foreign revenue flows and cumbersome procedures for accessing funds. - Measures taken: - Ministry of Finance introduced a fiscal priority framework designed to protect critical poverty expenditures. - DACO issued a PRSP Action Plan template identifying PRSP matrix activities linked to expenditure requests. - Three underlying issues to address for improved implementation and transition: - Capacity for policy formulation and service delivery, and higher performance in private sector and civil society. - Aid modalities, predictability and timeliness of aid inflows, and harmonisation. - Measures to enhance private sector performance and promote expansion. - Resolving capacity issues: - Create a leaner, well-motivated, and efficient civil service. - Implement new Senior Executive Service (SES) plan: competitive recruitment, retention, and linking rewards to performance; attractive remuneration and sustained training. - Develop district-level capacities for PRSP implementation and monitoring (planning, budgeting, financial accounting, data collection, reporting, procurement). - DACO collaborating with Decentralisation Secretariat to strengthen Local Councils. - ENCISS collaborating to develop capacities of Civil Society Organisations; Memorandum of Understanding between ENCISS and DACO to strengthen Civil Society participation in M&E. - Aid modalities: - Delays in disbursement of pledged resources and complex donor requirements have hindered timely project commencement. - Task Force formed (Government and Donors) to discuss Harmonisation and Aid Effectiveness. - Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC) dialogue series continues as forum for Donor-Government discussion. - Promoting the private sector: - Private sector seen as leading actor for sustained and accelerated growth and poverty reduction. - Government actions to create enabling environment: Investment Promotion Code, diagnosing and implementing Administrative Barriers to Trade and Investment, Diagnostic Trade and Investment Study (DTIS). - Need to address constraints impeding private sector growth: infrastructure, transport, energy, telecommunications, and ancillary services that raise productivity. - Conclusion: - Progress achieved demonstrates Government commitment, but slippages reflect serious capacity limitations and inflexible aid modalities. - Continued donor engagement essential. - Macroeconomic results to be leveraged to stimulate growth while maintaining fiscal safeguards. - Additional studies to be commissioned to improve policy coherence for higher growth rates. - PRSP will evolve into a strategy for pro-poor growth; an MDG-Needs Assessment study is ongoing to provide analytical basis. *Source: _cr0717 - Chapter 5: Progress on Pillar III: “Promoting Human Development”* ### Annex 2: Terms Of Reference (TOR) For Pillar Working Groups For ### _cr0717 - Annex 2: Terms Of Reference (TOR) For Pillar Working Groups For PRS Implementation ### Purpose and context - At the November 2005 Consultative Group (CG) meeting on Sierra Leone, it was underscored that successful implementation of the SL-PRSP will depend largely on coordinated efforts of all key stakeholders in Sierra Leone. - Pillar Working Groups (PWGs) will be set up comprising donors and Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), categorized by sectoral/thematic MDAs within each pillar and donor interest areas. - Broad TOR role: provide technical and professional backup to the Development Partnership Committee (DEPAC) and other structures during PRSP implementation; ensure joint learning and coordination of activities and programmes. ### Pillar Working Groups: Organization and meeting rhythm - Each PWG will have a Coordinator and an alternate Coordinator. - PWGs would meet monthly or when necessary. ### Pillar Working Groups: Specific duties (numbered as in source) - 1. Review and validate sectoral data to ensure they are properly aligned to the pillar indicator in the Results Framework. - 2. Review sectoral progress to ensure that pillar targets are met within the stipulated timeframe. - 3. Ensure that all project related data within the pillar are submitted to DACO for inclusion in the database. - 4. Prepare concept notes on pillar related issues for discussion at the National Technical Committee (NTC) meeting, High Level Policy meeting, DEPAC, etc. - 5. Identify issues that are impeding the implementation of programmes within the pillar i.e capacity constraints, disbursement of funds, etc. and suggest agreed on strategies to overcome obstacles. - 6. Facilitate the collection and compilation of baseline data for the various sectors within the pillar. - 7. Provide technical guidance for the implementation of all activities relating to the Pillar and facilitate quality of implementation and inputs (joint reviews, peer comments). - 8. Identify cross-cutting analytical work, joint supervision missions, joint communication of activities (advocacy, citizen dialogue) and a knowledge sharing plan. - 9. Agreement on common instruments among current and new partners. - 10. Integration of new partners. ### Quarterly Report Format (PRSP Quarterly Program Progress Report) — structure and content - The draft Quarterly Report Format has 6 sections: - 1. Summary: Including the period covered by the report and a statement on the progress of the PRSP implementation in the district. - 2. Achievements Over the reporting Period: assessment of actual Vs planned results/current for the period and Cumulative Progress-to-date against FY 2006 Planned Results. - 3. Assessment of programme results relative to programme objectives: impact assessed through evaluation events and on-going project monitoring; if evaluations are absent, report extent to which key program outputs and targets are being met. - 4. Major Positive and Negative Issues Affecting Implementation: might include status of key program assumptions, risks and threats. Questions/examples provided under themes: - Q1. Security: Has the MDA registered any localized incidents of insecurity as UNAMSIL operations came to a close, which could lead to a resurgence of violence, especially among target youth? - Q2. Decentralization: Has MDA experienced any delays in decision making by partner government departments as a result of GoSL decentralizations process, which has slowed down the pace of implementing PRS planned activities? If yes, what happened and how did the MDA address it? - Q3. Community Participation: Has the MDA experienced any situation where local authorities have not been supportive of program activities? If yes, (1) what was the course of this lack of support?; (2) what steps have been taken to address the problem and maximize support from local authorities? - Q4. Climatic/Environmental conditions: Has the MDA experienced unpredictable climatic conditions that have slowed down the pace or outcome of activities? Example: roads impassable during rainy season limiting access to extremely poor in remote areas; if yes, how addressed? - 5. Key lessons learned over the last quarter: present lessons learned in bullet points. Guiding questions: - Q1. What is working or not working? - Q2. What components of the PRS (if any) has the MDA had most outstanding success with? - Q3. What did the MDA do to register this outstanding success? - Q4. What components of the PRS (if any) has the MDA had the least success with? And, why? - 6. Priorities for the next quarter: should include any carryovers of unmet targets during the previous quarter. ### Attachments required with quarterly reports - 1. Performance Tracking Table (PTT). - 2. Exciting success stories: beneficiary-specific; caution noted: "Exceeding targets by 150% is not a success story!!!!!!!!!!" - 3. Exciting activity pictures. ### Tentative reporting timelines (deadlines as stated) - MDA quarterly reports will be submitted to the DACO M&E Unit, not later than 15 days following the end of the quarter reported on. The DACO M&E Unit will consolidate received reports into a program-level quarterly report due not later than 30 days following the end of the quarter reported on. - Quarter (Oct-Dec, 2005) — MDA Reports are due to the DACO M&E Unit by Jan 15, 2006 - Quarter (Jan-March, 2006) — MDA Reports are due to the DACO M&E Unit by April 15, 2006 - Quarter (April –June, 2006) — MDA Reports are due to the DACO M&E Unit by July 15, 2006 - Quarter (July-Sept, 2006) — MDA Reports are due to the DACO M&E Unit by October 15, 2006 ### Performance Tracking Table (PTT) for MDAs — structure highlights - Table columns/fields include: - Progress Indicators, Location, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Policy, Outcome, Sub Outcome, Baseline, End Target, Planned/Actual for each quarter, Institution, District, Chiefdom, Remarks. ### Desegregation of CG Pledges 2005 (select totals and aggregates preserved exactly) - Total Budget Support: 191.73 (breakdown shown in source across contributors and years). - Total Project Support: 579.07 (breakdown shown in source across contributors and years). - Total Project Support (subtable line): 579.07 172.66 244.1 162.33 151.93 133.83 115.14 20.73 110.27 47.19 178.19 - Summing Budget and Project Support — key aggregates: - TOTAL NEW PLEDGES: 252.03 34.07 127.77 90.19 5.84 - - 28.23 127.77 90.19 246.19 - TOTAL PAST PLEDGES: 622.54 229.41 199.94 193.22 229.41 199.94 193.22 - - - - - GRAND TOTAL: 874.57 263.48 327.71 283.41 235.25 199.94 193.22 28.23 127.77 90.19 246.19 (Note: the source provides detailed donor-by-donor tables for Budget Support and Project Support with multiple donor amounts by year; the aggregates above are presented exactly as shown in the source.) ### Annex 6: Action Plan Template — key fields preserved - Template headings and fields include: - *Objective:, *Expected Output:, *Activity:, *Cost: - Time Line columns indicated by month initials: J F M A M J J A S O N D - Fields: No., Sub-Activities, Unit, Responsible, Required Amount ($), Remarks - Footnote: "* As stated in the activity matrix" *Source: _cr0717 - Annex 2: Terms Of Reference (TOR) For Pillar Working Groups For PRS Implementation (extracted content).* --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2007/_cr0717.pdf_