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Rural poverty approaches, policies & strategies in Sierra Leone

The government gives high priority to the restoration of agriculture and other economic activities in rural areas. The Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2005-2007 provides a comprehensive framework for reducing poverty by:

• achieving economic growth
• improving food security
• increasing job opportunities
• providing better basic social services and effective social safety nets for poor and vulnerable people

The national strategy addresses three main development priorities:

• good governance, security and peace-building
• pro-poor sustainable growth to promote food security and create jobs
• human development through microfinance
  

The strategy builds on medium-term post-war strategies for rural and agricultural development that focused on improving household food security and creating opportunities for income-generating activities. Those strategies included expansion of the area under rice cultivation, restocking the country’s livestock population, restructuring delivery services and rehabilitating rural infrastructure.

Source: IFAD