Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Slow Economic Trickle in Sierra Leone

Following civil war, the state of Sierra Leone is working to rebuild and grow. Educational programs are being used to explain the purpose of taxation and encourage citizens to pay them so that further infrastructure repairs and improvements are able to take place. The investment and growth has taken place primarily in the mining, while direct foreign investment in private business has lagged behind causing many people to be unable to see the effects of this rapid growth, but only the rising prices of daily-use goods.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201305221233.html?viewall=1

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