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Porter, Abioseh Michael. "Post-Civil War Literary Fiction: A Catalyst for Understanding Sierra Leone's Recent Past, Present, and Future." African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review 13, no. 1 (March 2023): 129–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/acp.2023.a900893.

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ABSTRACT: Until very recently, it seemed that a major difference between the literature of Sierra Leone and the literatures of its other West African neighbors was the absence, especially in prose fiction, of a sustained body of work by Sierra Leonean authors. This situation might seem mystifying to scholars of Sierra Leone's social and intellectual history because, after all, that country had played a major and pioneering role in the development and spreading of Western education in West Africa. This fundamental narrative of the inability of Sierra Leone's creative writers to produce high quality literature, in current times, has been seriously challenged by several new authors. This article analyzes the ways in which Sierra Leonean literature has moved from a space in which its earliest writers failed to understand fiction writing as a major outlet to express the dreams, nightmares, hopes and desires of a people to one in which high quality fiction is flourishing. It highlights how the civil war and its dreadful aftermath changed the literary landscape in Sierra Leone in many positive ways.
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D'Angelo, Lorenzo. "WHO OWNS THE DIAMONDS? THE OCCULT ECO-NOMY OF DIAMOND MINING IN SIERRA LEONE." Africa 84, no. 2 (April 9, 2014): 269–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001972013000752.

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ABSTRACTMuch of the literature on Sierra Leonean diamonds focuses on the role that this mineral resource played in the recent civil conflict (1991–2002). However, the political-economic perspective that is common to these analyses has lost sight of the main actors in this social reality. What do miners think of diamonds? Like their Malagasy colleagues engaged in the search for sapphires, the Sierra Leonean diamond miners often maintain that they do not know what diamonds could possibly be used for. What is specific to the diamond mining areas in this West African country is that suspicions and fantasies about the uses of diamonds go hand in hand with the idea that these precious stones belong to invisible spiritual entities known locally as djinns ordεbul dεn. Although this article aims to analyse the occult imaginary of diamond miners, it takes a different stand from the occult economies approach. By combining a historical-imaginative perspective with a historical and ecological one, this article intends to highlight the indissoluble interweaving of material and imaginative processes of artisanal diamond production in the context of Sierra Leone's mines.
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Ibrahim, Aisha Fofana, Alice James, Mariatu Kabba, Aminata Kamara, Anne Menzel, and Nicky Spencer-Coker. "Making sense of girls empowerment in Sierra Leone: a conversation." International Politics Reviews 9, no. 2 (November 18, 2021): 353–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41312-021-00130-0.

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AbstractThis Testify article features a conversation about the emancipatory potentials and pitfalls of girls empowerment as practiced, experienced, and judged by Sierra Leonean activists. We – two scholars and four activists – discussed views on and experiences of girls empowerment approaches that have been interpreted in critical scholarly literature as a form of neoliberal responsibilization. Also within this critical literature, there is often the notion that these approaches may yet create openings for emancipatory agency and counter-conduct. However, it remains unclear whether this happens and to what extent. Our conversation centres activists’ views on the academic critique of girls empowerment and raises a number of questions, including: Why do many feminist activists in Sierra Leone embrace girls empowerment approaches? What do they see in them? How do they interpret and practice them? Where do they see potentials and pitfalls? And what is the role of donors?
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Koos, Carlo. "Decay or Resilience?" World Politics 70, no. 2 (March 6, 2018): 194–238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0043887117000351.

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This article examines the long-term impact of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) on prosocial behavior in Sierra Leone. Two theoretical arguments are developed and tested. The first draws on the feminist literature and suggests the presence of a decay mechanism: victims and their families are stigmatized by their community and excluded from social networks. The second integrates new insights from social psychology, psychological trauma research, and anthropology, and argues for a resilience mechanism. It argues that CRSV-affected households have a strong incentive to remain part of their community and will invest more effort and resources into the community to avert social exclusion than unaffected households. Using data on 5,475 Sierra Leonean households, the author finds that exposure to CRSV increases prosocial behavior—cooperation, helping, and altruism—which supports the resilience hypothesis. The results are robust to an instrumental variable estimation. The ramifications of this finding go beyond the case of Sierra Leone and generate a more general question: What makes communities resilient to shocks and trauma?
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Kaifala, Gabriel Bamie, Sonja Gallhofer, Margaret Milner, and Catriona Paisey. "Postcolonial hybridity, diaspora and accountancy." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 32, no. 7 (September 16, 2019): 2114–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-03-2016-2493.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions and lived experiences of Sierra Leonean chartered and aspiring accountants, vis-à-vis their professional identity with a particular focus on two elements of postcolonial theory, hybridity and diaspora. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodological framework was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 participants about their perceptions of their professional identity and their professional experiences both within and outside Sierra Leone. Findings The current professionalisation process is conceptualised as a postcolonial third space where hybrid professional accountants are constructed. Professional hybridity blurs the local/global praxis being positioned as both local and global accountants. Participants experience difficulty “fitting into” the local accountancy context as a consequence of their hybridisation. As such, a diaspora effect is induced which often culminates in emigration to advanced countries. The paper concludes that although the current model engenders emancipatory social movements for individuals through hybridity and diaspora, it is nonetheless counterproductive for Sierra Leone’s economic development and the local profession in particular. Research limitations/implications This study has significant implications for understanding how the intervention of global professional bodies in developing countries shapes the professionalisation process as well as perceptions and lived experiences of chartered and aspiring accountants in these countries. Originality/value While extant literature implicates the legacies of colonialism/imperialism on the institutional development of accountancy (represented by recognised professional bodies), this paper employs the critical lens of postcolonial theory to conceptualise the lived experiences of individuals who are directly impacted by such institutional arrangements.
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Das, Shruti, and Deepshikha Routray. "Climate Change and Ecocide in Sierra Leone: Representations in Aminatta Forna’s Ancestor Stones and The Memory of Love." eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics 20, no. 2 (September 10, 2021): 221–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.25120/etropic.20.2.2021.3812.

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War has been instrumental in destroying land and forests and thus is a major contributor to climate change. Degradation due to war has been especially significant in Africa. The African continent, once green, is now almost denuded of its rich forests and pillaged of its precious natural resources due to the brutality of colonisation and more recent postcolonial civil wars. In Sierra Leone the civil war continued for over eleven years from 1991 to 2002 and wrought havoc on the land and forests. Thus the anxiety and trauma suffered by the people not only includes the more visible aspects of human brutality, but also the long lasting effects of ecocide which relate to climate change. Underlying narratives that address traumatic ecological disasters is a sense of anxiety and depression resulting from the existential threat of climate change. This paper demonstrates how narratives can metaphorically represent both ecocide and climate change and argues that such stories help people in tackling the real life stresses of anxiety and trauma. To establish the argument this paper has drawn on scientific and sociological data and placed these vis-à-vis narrative episodes in Aminatta Forna’s novels Ancestor Stones (2006) and The Memory of Love (2010). In these novels Forna depicts the ecological crisis that colonisation and civil war have wrought on Sierra Leone. The anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder – of war and ecocide – suffered by the fictional Sierra Leonean characters are explained through Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory.
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Caulker, Tcho Mbaimba. "Knowledge Is More Than Mere Words: A Critical Introduction to Sierra Leonean Literature, ed. Eustace Palmer and Abioseh Michael Porter." Research in African Literatures 42, no. 1 (March 2011): 174–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.2011.42.1.174.

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Caulker. "Knowledge Is More Than Mere Words: A Critical Introduction to Sierra Leonean Literature, ed. Eustace Palmer and Abioseh Michael Porter." Research in African Literatures 42, no. 1 (2011): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.2011.42.1.174.

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Fayiah, Moses, Shikui Dong, and Sanjay Singh. "Status and challenges of wood biomass as the principal energy in Sierra Leone." International Journal of Biomass and Renewables 7, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.61762/ijbrvol7iss2art4565.

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Energy availability in developing countries especially in African countries is still a great challenge, affecting the standard of living and investment in the Continent. The absence of adequate energy supply in urban and rural areas in Africa since colonial era has given wood biomass energy the advantage among other energy sources. In this paper, we synthesized the literatures and reports to assess the wood biomass energy usage status, production, consumption, economic benefits, pitfalls and future trend in Sierra Leone. The combined energy supply from all sources in Sierra Leone accounts for less than 30% of the country energy needs. The huge reliance on wood biomass energy in Sierra Leone is as a result of poverty, high cost of alternative energy source, weak economy and under development of the state, corruption, previous civil war, political instability and low standard of living. The exploitation of other forms of renewable energy such as modern bioenergy, solar, wind, and increased hydroelectric production could increase energy access and diversify Sierra Leone’s energy profi­le in the near future. Keywords: renewable, natural, power, Africa, charcoal, fuel
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Lucas K. Kanu, Hongjuan Peng, and Theophile Dushimirimana. "The burden of lymphatic filariasis and its control strategies in Sierra Leone: A literature review." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 22, no. 2 (May 30, 2024): 266–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1345.

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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) poses a significant health burden in Sierra Leone, with considerable socio-economic implications. LF, caused by parasitic worms transmitted through mosquito bites, leads to lymphedema, elephantiasis, and hydrocele, severely affecting individuals’ quality of life. Sierra Leone, with its tropical climate and inadequate healthcare infrastructure, faces unique challenges in combating lymphatic filariasis. This review explores the epidemiological landscape of LF in Sierra Leone, highlighting endemic regions, its impact, and control strategies. In 2005, epidemiological coverage of high-dose medications, like ivermectin and albendazole, exceeded 65% annually across 12 districts in Sierra Leone. By 2013, eight districts were eligible for transmission assessment surveys (TAS). After three additional rounds of mass drug administration (MDA), four districts became eligible for pre-TAS assessments in 2017. Despite efforts to control LF through mass drug administration (MDA) programs, challenges such as low treatment coverage, logistical constraints, and community resistance persist. Moreover, the impact of the Ebola outbreak on healthcare delivery has further impeded LF control efforts. This literature review adds to our understanding of LF control in Sierra Leone, providing valuable insights into the epidemiology, impact, challenges, and potential strategies for enhancing LF elimination efforts. It contributes to the broader discourse on neglected tropical diseases and public health interventions, emphasizing the need for context-specific approaches and interdisciplinary collaboration to achieve sustained progress towards LF elimination and improves public health outcomes.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sierra Leonean literature"

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Davies, A. Z. "Pupil-talk and literary response : A Sierra Leonean example." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377274.

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Fadlu-Deen, Kitty C. S. "Affirmation and innovation in music education for West Africa with special reference to Sierra Leone and Ghana." Thesis, University of York, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254615.

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Skelt, Joanna Kay. "The social function of writing in post-war Sierra Leone : poetry as a discourse for peace." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4990/.

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This thesis considers how creative writing contributes to social recovery and conflict transformation and uses Sierra Leone as a test case. In order to do this, existing theory in relation to the role of the writer and conflict in Africa is examined and a detailed social and literary context outlined. The civil war of 1991-2002 prompted a poetic outpouring amongst new and existing creative writers despite a chronic lack of readership. Interviews with poets based in the capital, Freetown, reveal strong social motivations to write combined with heightened feelings of agency experienced as writers. An examination of texts provides insights into the process of recovery amongst Sierra Leone’s writer-intellectuals. These combined investigations suggest that writing offers an important location for peaceful counter debate and for re-imagining and recreating the nation in the aftermath of war. Poetry texts and discussions amongst writers come to represent a significant discourse for peace. The very practice of writing in a severely impoverished environment offers a radical form of social engagement while writing in English serves as a unifying force. This thesis contributes a new sociological perspective on literature and conflict which may be transferable to other post-war and volatile settings.
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Antwi-Boasiako, Kingsley. "Reporting Health Emergency Outbreaks: African Journalists on the Frontlines of Ebola Coverage." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1490939539694056.

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Hårsta, Löfgren Linda. "Child soldiers from a legalperspective. A literature based case study of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda." Thesis, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-224866.

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This thesis seeks to analyze the international humanitarian laws and human right laws governing the involvement of children in armed conflicts. As the international law prohibiting the involvement of children in armed conflict progress on paper, progress within the states falls behind, thus creating a gap between progress in law and the enforcement of this law on the ground. The international community needs to take steps to bridge this gap so the practice on the ground is adequate with the international law. This thesis will examine the efficiency of the international legal instruments and examine what factors are preventing the implementation of the international law within the different states. Three different case-studies will be conducted of three African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and Sierra Leone in order to examine what the states, the society, local actors and the international community are doing to prevent the involvement of children in armed conflict.
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Books on the topic "Sierra Leonean literature"

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Chandler, Hazel. Written off: Poems and stories from the streets of Sierra Leono. London, UK: WAYout books, 2018.

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Eustace, Palmer, and Porter Abioseh Michael, eds. Knowledge is more than mere words: Wey dehn sey? dehn sey kapu sehns nor kapu word : a critical introduction to Sierra Leonean literature. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2008.

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Hasday, Judy L. Sierra Leone. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2008.

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Hasday, Judy L. Sierra Leone. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2008.

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Awoonor-Renner, Marilyn. A visual geography of Sierra Leone. 2nd ed. London: Evans, 1987.

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Fadlu-Deen, Kitty. Performing arts. Freetown: People's Education Association of Sierra Leone, 1995.

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People's Educational Association of Sierra Leone., ed. Mende story telling. Freetown: People's Educational Association of Sierra Leone, 1986.

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Susan, McClelland, ed. Bite of the mango. Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 2009.

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Susan, McClelland, ed. Bite of the mango. London: Bloomsbury, 2009.

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Susan, McClelland, ed. The bite of the mango. [Toronto]: Annick Press, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sierra Leonean literature"

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McNamee, Terence, and Monde Muyangwa. "Introduction." In The State of Peacebuilding in Africa, 3–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46636-7_1.

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Abstract The introduction briefly summarizes the thematic chapters in the book (conflict prevention, mediation and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and DDR; the role of women, religion, humanitarianism, grassroots organizations and early warning systems; and regional and continental bodies) as well as the country/region case studies (the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/South Sudan, Mozambique and the Sahel/Mali). The introduction also outlines the key conceptual and definitional challenges and explains what sets this volume apart from others in the ever-expanding literature on peacebuilding in Africa. Of several recurrent themes in the book that merit closer scrutiny, the introduction highlights: funding challenges; managing expectations; tensions between grassroots dynamics and peace-building at the elite level; varying effectiveness of regional economic communities and the African Union; and frequent lack of coordination between donors and partners on the ground.
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"The Agony and the Ecstasy: Sierra Leonean Dramatists’ Confrontation with the Sierra Leonean Landscape." In African Literatures and Beyond, 55–67. Brill | Rodopi, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401209892_005.

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Bello-Bravo, Julia, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Thomas Songu, and Barry Robert Pittendrigh. "Viral Education via Mobile Phone." In Health Information Systems and the Advancement of Medical Practice in Developing Countries, 78–92. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2262-1.ch005.

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This chapter documents a strategy for the development and deployment of educational content on Ebola prevention and treatment targeted at low-literate learners speaking diverse languages. During the outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Njala University partnered with Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to create educational animations on Ebola. Drawing on an international network of collaborators, these animations were then placed into multiple languages for Sierra Leone. Njala University in turn acted as the central hub for engaging local partner groups to deploy this content throughout Sierra Leone. This chapter describes the development process, which occurred during the outbreaks and the ICT tools now available to the global health community. The educational animations created during the 2014 Ebola outbreak are now available in multiple languages for Sierra Leone, as well as other West African countries, along with a highly scalable deployment pathway that can be rapidly operationalized during future outbreaks or modeled for other outbreak or health crisis situations.
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Podder, Sukanya. "Introduction." In Peacebuilding Legacy, 1–23. Oxford University PressOxford, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192863980.003.0001.

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Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the central claims in the book and how I stumbled upon the puzzle of peacebuilding legacy while undertaking fieldwork with child soldiers in Liberia. Next, it presents the main argument of this book—the questions posed, the analytical approach taken, and the methodological choices. The chapter surveys several live debates in peace and conflict studies, to underline the book’s significance and contribution. It outlines how the book relates to conceptual themes like the measurement of peacebuilding effectiveness, learning, and reflection from peacebuilding evaluation; sustainable peace and local ownership, and the role of children and youth in peacebuilding. The chapter proceeds to situate its contribution to the case specific literature on Sierra Leone and Macedonia. The penultimate section concludes with an overview of the rest of the chapters in the book.
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Reports on the topic "Sierra Leonean literature"

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Vijil, Alejandra, Chris McBurnie, Amy Bellinger, Katie Godwin, and Björn Haßler. Factors Related to Teacher Absenteeism in Sierra Leone: Literature review. EdTech Hub, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.53832/edtechhub.0170.

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Occhiali, Giovanni, Doris Akol, and Philip M. Kargbo. ICT and Tax Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Adopting ITAS in Uganda and Sierra Leone. Institute of Development Studies, October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2022.014.

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The adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the public sector, including for tax administration, has been hailed as potentially transformational over the last few decades. Its impact has been less far-reaching than imagined. A literature examining the determinants of – and obstacles to – ICT adoption arose as a result, almost exclusively focusing on the experience of high-income countries. However, understanding the experience of adoption in low-income countries is equally important, especially given the potential role that ICTs can play in tackling various development issues, including increasing mobilisation of domestic revenue. To help fill this gap, we present two in-depth case studies of the process of adopting an integrated tax administration system (ITAS) in Uganda and Sierra Leone, based on a series of semi-structured interviews with members of the respective revenue authorities and ministries of finance. Our analysis shows that many of the factors that facilitate and impede the adoption process are the same as those identified in high-income countries. However, we also identify some factors that are more likely to be relevant for low-income countries. These include the impact of the timeline for disbursing donor funding, the processes donors require to be used for procurement, and the quality of legacy data to be migrated into the new system. The need to embark on change management and re-engineering business processes was also recognised more fully than might have been expected in countries with relatively little prior experience in e-government services.
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Kelly, Luke. Evidence on the Role of Civil Society in Security and Justice Reform. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.031.

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This rapid review focuses on the role of civil society in SSR in several contexts. It finds that donor driven SSR is seen to have failed to include civil society, and that such efforts have been focused on training and equipping security forces. However, in some contexts, donors have been able to successfully develop civil society capacity or engage civil society groups in reforms, as in Sierra Leone. There are also several examples of security and justice reforms undertaken by local popular movements as part of regime change, namely Ethiopia and South Africa. In other contexts, such as Indonesia, the role of civil society has led to partial successes from which lessons can be drawn. The theoretical and empirical literature attributes several potential roles to civil society in SSR. These include making security and justice institutions accountable, mobilising a range of social groups for reform, publicising abuses and advocating for reform, offering technical expertise, and improving security-citizen relations. The literature also points to the inherent difficulties in implementing SSR, namely the entrenched nature of most security systems. The literature emphasises that security sector reform is a political process, as authoritarian or predatory security systems are usually backed by powerful, skilled and tenacious vested interests. Dislodging them from power therefore requires significant political will – civil society can be one part of this. The evidence base for the topic is relatively thin. While there is much literature on the theory of SSR from a donor perspective, there are fewer empirical studies. Moreover, scholars have identified relatively few successful examples of SSR. The role of civil society is found to be greater in more economically developed countries, meaning there is less discussion of the role of civil society in many African SSR contexts, for example (except to note its absence). In addition, most research discusses the role of civil society alongside that of other actors such as donors, security services or political elites, limiting analysis of the specific role of civil society.
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Gallien, Max, Giovanni Occhiali, and Vanessa van den Boogaard. Catch Them If You Can: the Politics and Practice of a Taxpayer Registration Exercise. Institute of Development Studies, April 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2023.012.

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Tax registration drives have become an increasingly popular intervention to expand the coverage of tax nets across sub-Saharan Africa. However, doubts have recently been casted on their impact, as there is increasing evidence that they do not lead to a substantial increase in revenue, and might skew the tax registry so that towards vulnerable groups are overrepresented. There is little explanation available for these outcomes, as the literature focuses on the outcomes of these exercises – rather than on their processes and premises. We seek to fill this gap through an evaluation of a tax registration exercise of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Freetown, Sierra Leone, implemented by the National Revenue Authority. We argue that the conflicting objectives between national and international stakeholders, as well as between street- and higher-level officials, combined with a technocratic view of the exercise that underestimated its political nature, led to its likely unsatisfactory outcome in revenue terms. However, we also identify non-revenue outcomes that may still be seen as positive from the perspective of policymakers, such as familiarising many businesses with a revenue authority that they previously had very little engagement with. While this outcome of registration exercises is frequently overlooked by similar evaluations, it is one that local officials recognise as important in ‘building future taxpayers’.
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