FURTHER INFORMATION
KEY GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Anti-Corruption Commission (http://www.anticorruption.gov.sl/)
Bank of Sierra Leone (https://www.bsl.gov.sl/)
Financial Intelligence Unit (http://www.fiu.gov.sl/)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (http://maffs.gov.sl/)
Ministry of Energy (http://www.energy.gov.sl/)
Ministry of Finance (http://mofed.gov.sl/)
Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (https://slminerals.org/)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation (http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.sl/)
Ministry of Trade and Industry (http://www.trade.gov.sl/)
National Minerals Agency (http://nma.gov.sl/)
National Revenue Authority (http://www.nra.gov.sl/)
National Telecommunications Commission (http://www.natcom.gov.sl/)
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General (http://www.oarg.gov.sl/)
Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (http://www.sliepa.org/)
Sierra Leone Ports Authority (http://slpa.sl/slpa/)
Links to key reports and country profiles from GoSL, international agencies and civil society organisations
IMF, Sierra Leone Profile
(http://www.imf.org/external/country/sle/)
World Bank Group, Sierra Leone Profile
(http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/sierraleone)
World Bank Group, Sierra Leone Economic Update –
Reviving Urban Development
(https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30032)
PPP Knowledge Lab (World Bank Group), Sierra Leone Profile
(https://pppknowledgelab.org/countries/sierra-leone)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , Sierra Leone Profile
(http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=SLE)
GoSL (2015), National Ebola Recovery Strategy
(https://ebolaresponse.un.org/sites/default/files/sierra_leone_recovery_strategy_en.pdf)
Transparency International (2018) Corruptions Perceptions Index
(https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018)
UNCTAD (2010) Investment Policy Review, Sierra Leone
(http://unctad.org/en/docs/diaepcb200914_en.pdf)
UNDP (2017) Sierra Leone 2017 Annual Report
(http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/SLE.pdf)
UNDP (2012) National Energy Profile of Sierra Leone
(https://www.undp.org/content/dam/sierraleone/docs/focusareadocs/undp_sle_energyprofile.pdf)
World Trade Organisation (26 August 2014) Trade Policy
Review, Report by the Secretariat, Sierra Leone
(https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp403_e.htm)
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A4P |
Agenda for Prosperity |
ACC |
Anti-Corruption Commission |
ACFTA |
African Continental Free Trade Agreement |
Advisory Board |
Sierra Leone Minerals Advisory Board |
AfDB |
African Development Bank |
AML |
Anti-Money Laundering |
ARIPO |
African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation |
ASYCUDA |
Automated System for Customs Data |
BITs |
bilateral investment treaties |
CBAs |
collective bargaining agreements |
CCS |
carbon credit scheme |
CET |
common external tariff |
Commission |
Sierra Leone Human Rights Commission |
Companies Act |
Companies Act 2009 |
CPI |
Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index |
CRA |
Credit Reference Act 2011 |
CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
DFID |
UK Department for International Development |
ECOWAN |
ECOWAS fibre optic network |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
EDSA |
Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority |
EGTC |
Electricity Generation and Transmission Company |
EITI |
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPA Act |
Environmental Protection Agency Act 2008 |
ETLS |
ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme |
EU |
European Union |
EWRC |
Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission |
FDI |
Foreign direct investment |
FIU |
Financial Intelligence Unit |
FTCC |
Fast Track Commercial Court |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GoSL |
Government of Sierra Leone |
GVWC |
Guma Valley Water Company |
HFO |
heavy fuel oil |
ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
ICSID Convention |
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States |
IDEA (UK) |
International Development Enterprise Associates (UK) |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IGMS |
International Gateway Monitoring System |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPA |
Investment Promotion Act 2004 |
IPPs |
independent power producers |
JSRSIP III |
Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Investment Policy for 2015-2018 |
LCA |
Local Content Agency Act 2016 |
LCIA |
London Court of International Arbitration |
LFS |
labour force survey |
MDAs |
Ministries, Departments and Agencies |
MFN |
most-favoured-nation |
MTNDP |
Medium-Term National Development Plan |
Mines Act |
Mines and Minerals Act 2009 |
Minister of Mines |
Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources |
MRU |
Mano River Union |
NASSIT |
National Social Security and Insurance Trust |
NATCOM |
National Telecommunications Commission |
NGOs |
non-governmental organisations |
NCP |
National Commission for Privatisation |
NERS |
National Ebola Recovery Strategy |
New York Convention |
New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards |
NLP |
National Land Policy |
NMA |
National Minerals Agency |
NP |
Sierra Leone National Petroleum Company Ltd |
NPAA |
National Protection Area Authority |
NPPA |
National Public Procurement Authority |
NRA |
National Revenue Authority |
NWSP |
National Water and Sanitation Policy |
OARG |
Office of the Administrator and Registrar General |
OIC |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
PCT |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
Petroleum Act |
Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 2011 |
Platform |
National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation |
Polishing Act |
Diamond Cutting and Polishing Act 2007 |
PPP |
public private partnership |
PPP Unit |
Public Private Partnership Unit |
QE2 |
Queen Elizabeth II |
RMFA |
Road Maintenance Fund Administration |
SEZ |
Special Economic Zone |
SLIEPA |
Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency |
SLNC |
Sierra Leone National Carrier |
SLNC Act |
Sierra Leone National Carrier Ratification Agreement Act of 2012 |
SLNSC |
Sierra Leone National Shipping Company |
SLPA |
Sierra Leone Ports Authority |
SLRA |
Sierra Leone Road Authority |
SLWC |
Sierra Leone Water Company |
SMEs |
small and medium enterprises |
SMESL |
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Sierra Leone |
TRIPS |
World Trade Organisation Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UNCITRAL |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
US |
United States |
WAPP |
West African Power Pool |
WASH |
water, sanitation and hygiene |
WCA |
Wildlife Conservation Act 1972 |
WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WTO |
World Trade Organisation |