We the undersigned organisations are gravely concerned about recent happenings in the Parliament of Sierra Leone, especially those relating to the suspension of four Members including Hon. Hindolo Moiwo Ngevao, an anti-corruption whistleblower, from participating in parliamentary committee proceedings even […]
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Bo and Makeni are the second and third largest cities of Sierra Leone. The two cities are homes to Mendes and Themes, the two largest of the 16 ethnic groups. Each of the two groups account for slightly more than […]
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As a way of contributing to the broader efforts to enhance Sierra Leone’s preparedness for COVID-19, this policy brief presents results of 500 interviews conducted by the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) in the last 48 hours with front actors, […]
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Listen to “Building Peace and Social Accountability: Lessons from Sierra Leone” on Spreaker. Politics, #andrewlavali, #igr, #instituteforgovernancereform, #pearsoninstitute, #rootofconflict, #sierraleone, #uc3p Our founding Executive Director, Andrew Lavali recently delivered a public lecture at the Pearson Institute, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago where he discussed […]
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Download report here Despite the emphasis on a “Year of Delivery.” the performance targets Bio expects MDAs to deliver this year are unknown to the public (and perhaps unknown to some members of the administration). Voters remain clueless about what […]
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This report, commonly referred to as the Bio-Meter, is a citizen’s scorecard on the state of implementation of the various campaign promises made by President Bio during the run-up to the March 2018 elections. This report provides a detailed account […]
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IGR Launches New Report on Commissions of Inquiry The Institute for Governance Reform has released findings of a new report titled “Citizens Views and Voices on the Commissions of Inquiry” at a press briefing held at the Institute’s conference room […]
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How Informal Norms & Value Systems Aid and Restrain Corruption in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is making strides in the fight against corruption. Since the enactment of the ACC Act in 2000, there has been a progressive march by civil […]
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We believe that weak institutions and unaccountable governance is greatly contributing to Sierra Leone’s failure in meeting most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by December 2015. Failures of essential services undermine public trust in working with government on the […]
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Improving leadership capabilities and training at various starters of governances (central and local government, civil society and private sector) contributes to poor governance and the lack of openness in political processes. We believe passionately that sustainable economic development can only […]
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