Sierra Leone (LIDC)

Cards (8)

  • basic facts about Sierra Leone
    6 million population (60% under 25), rural poverty is 66%, merchandise exports are 1500x smaller than USAs, services are 0.18billion, HDI = 0.374
  • sierra leone's partnerships
    heavily dependent on USA, UK and China, and has bilateral relationships with China and the UK. a member of ECOWAS. main exports include cocoa beans and coffee and imports include rice and machinery
  • what are sierra leones economic limiting factors
    lack of skills, poor infrastructure, overly dependant on primary products, sub-optimal productivity
  • what are sierra leones environmental limiting factors
    disease like malaria, agri-businesses and deforestation
  • what are sierra leones social limiting factors
    70% under 25 are unemployed, 90% no secondary education, women are unequal, child labour
  • what are sierra leones political limiting factors
    civil war set back development (1992 until 2002), lack of confidence so won't invest, corruption, inability to control crime
  • what challenges does sierra leone face
    = environmental challenges, mining and agri-businesses have resulted in soil erosion and deforestation.
    = need to improve and invest in infrastructure to access global supply chains
    = need to fix social inequalities to improve labour force (e.g. gender is ranked 139th)
  • what opportunities are there for sierra leone
    = 3 successful democratic elections
    = china bilateral partnership (built hospital in freetown) and UK bilateral partnership (reduced crime and human rights violations)
    = member of ECOWAS reduces tariffs
    = small holder commercialisation programme (tractors and improved roads)