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Sierra Leone receives important aid inflows from the bilateral and multilateral donor community. The Government therefore needs to improve coherence between the different development partners as much as it needs to improve structures for aid coordination, harmonisation and alignment. This requirement stem from both international agreements to which Sierra Leone and many of its partners are a signatory such ad the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action, the OECD DAC Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States, and the Government's overarching vision for making aid work efficiently for the people of Sierra Leone. Click here to read full report.

This paper is a quick reference guide for gauging Sierra Leone's economic, social and political performance as seen through international indices or other assessment processes. For this purpose, the document reviews 7 indices and 2 initiatives as assessment tools. Click here to download full report.

Nine years ago, world leaders set far-sighted goals to free a major portion of humanity from the shackles of extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. They established targets for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development. In short, they adopted a blueprint for a better world - and pledged to spare no effort in fulfilling that vision. Click here for full report.

In New York last July, The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and i spoke of the need to encourage the international community to accelerate progress on the Millennium Development Goals. The Call to Action focuses on mobilising not just governments but also the private sector, NGOs, civil society and the faith community to do more to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Click here for full report.

This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) publication, 'Elections and Conflict Prevention: A Guide To Analysis, Planning and Programming' (Identified throughout as the 'Guide'), is designed as a knowledge product for practitioners in the field of governance and electoral assistance. It identifies strategic approaches and forms of programming that can help to anticipate and prevent the types of violent conflict that frequently accompany elections and set back development in emerging democracies or post-war societies. Click here to download