Presented at the 9th DEPAC Meeting in Freetown

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-Draft- Sierra LeonePoverty Reduction Strategy
Paper(SL-PRSP)

• Presented at the 9th DEPAC Meeting in Freetown
• 16/17 September 2004

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Introduction

• This report summarises the draft SL-PRSP
• The report will be presented in six parts
• i) Poverty Situation in Sierra Leone
• ii) Objectives of the PRSP
• iii) Policies, Programmes and Activities
• iv) Indicators and Monitoring
• v) Costing and Financing
• vi) Implementation Framework, Capacity Building

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Poverty Situation in Sierra Leone

• Definition Methodology
• Poverty is multi-dimensional no single
  definition
• Poverty based on level of Food-consumption, i.e.
  adult-equivalent food intake to attain the
  minimum nutritional requirement of 2,700
  calories/day. Translated to an expenditure of
  Le1.033/day as at May 2004 national prices
• Add another Le1,078/day as non-food expenditure
• Total is Le2,111/day That defines the cut-off
  point for the poverty line.
• 70 of population are below the poverty line
• Qualitative data sources (PPAs, FGDs,) also
  indicate inadequate access to food, education,
  health, safe drinking water, income and shelter.
  Hunger is of primary concern to children!
• Key Features
• Poverty is overwhelmingly rural Poverty in
  agriculture gt80

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Goal and Objectives of the PRSP

• Overarching goal is to reduce the proportion of
  poor people (as defined) in the country.
• On the basis of the results of the poverty
  analyses (qualitative and quantitative), the two
  main objectives of this PRSP are
• Food Security
• Job Creation

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Proposed Policies, Programmes and Activities(to
address the goal and objectives)

• Based on THREE Pillars
• Pillar I Promoting Good Governance, Peace and
  Security
• Pillar II Promoting pro-poor Growth within a
  Healthy Macroeconomic Framework
• Pillar III Promoting Human Development
• These Pillars are interrelated and reinforce one
  another

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PILLAR I Promoting Good Governance, Peace and
Security.

• This Pillar provides the enabling environment for
  achieving the goal and objectives of the PRSP
• Strategic components
• Good Governance
• (includes Decentralisation, Judicial Reform,
  Human Rights, Civil Service Reform, Information
  Dissemination, Anti-Corruption, Civil Society,
  the Electoral System, National Statistical
  System, etc.)
• Security (at local, district, regional and state
  levels)
• RSLAF, SLP, Prisons ONS
• Peace-Building (and National Reconciliation)

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PILLAR II Promoting pro-poor Growth within a
Healthy Macroeconomic Framework.

• This pillar is critical for growth, food security
  and job creation
• Strategic Sectors
• Macroeconomic Management (Fiscal, Public
  Revenue and Expenditure Management, Financial
  Sector Development, etc.)
• Private Sector Development
• Productive Sectors
• Agriculture, Marine resources and Food
  Security
• Mining, Tourism,
• Infrastructure (Energy, Roads, Housing,
  Information Com. Technology (ICT), and
  Transport).

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Pillar Three Promoting Human Development
(empowerment human resource development
perspectives)

• This Pillar emphasises human resource
  development, empowerment and capacity building.
• - Health- Education- Water and Sanitation-
  The Vulnerable

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Cross Cutting Issues(empowerment human
resource development perspectives)

• Youth
• Gender
• Child First
• HIV/AIDS
• Environment

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Indicators and Monitoring

• Indicators are critical for measuring progress in
  the achievement of poverty objectives and the
  MDGs
• Development of the indicators is in progress in
  the key sectors.
• A participatory approach is being used

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Costing and Financing

• Costing not yet done, but is going to be based
  on
• Prioritised Programmes and Activities
• (Current shopping list is the outcome of all
  the consultations within government, civil
  society and the people)
• Financing expected from both
• Domestic sources
• External sources

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Implementation Capacity Building

• Note
• Implementation by all
• Government (Central, Local)
• Civil Society (incl. NGOs, CBOs, etc)
• Private Sector
• Institutional Arrangements (esp. for
  Coordination, ME)
• Build on existing institutional arrangements as
  much as possible, with emphasis on functional and
  budgetary decentralisation
• Committees set up at National and District levels
  to generate coordination and greater synergy in
  planning and implementation

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Implementation Capacity Building (Contd)

• Only new institution proposed is the one
  providing the Secretariat for the PRSP.
• Located in the Office of the VP
• Responsible for overall coordination of
  implementation and ME in collaboration with all
  stakeholders (MoF, MoDEP, Sector Ministries,
  Local Govt, Civil Society, etc)
• Capacity (and Institution) Building (At all
  levels)
• TA, Staff Training, Recruitment, Equipping, etc

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Expectations

• Since we issued out the draft, our team has
  continued to work on gaps and linkages.
• However, we expect from this DEPAC meeting
• A frank response to the draft
• Recommendations to our Team
• FINALLY
• Thanks to all for the support so far
• Government, Civil Society, NGOs, the People
• Donors (Reps)