Publication: Sierra Leone: Jobs Diagnostic
Date
2017-12-11
ISSN
Published
2017-12-11
Author(s)
Gonzalez, Alvaro S.
Michel Gutierrez, Veronica
Abstract
Sierra Leone is a relatively small
economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an
extremely poor nation with substantial mineral,
agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the
working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture.
Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard
currency earnings, accounting for nearly half of exports.
However, the anticipated job-rich recovery is unlikely to be
realized simply from the continued exploitation of the
minerals underneath Sierra Leonean soil. This Jobs
Diagnostic of Sierra Leone is a first, modest, but
necessary, step to formulate that focused effort to create
good jobs. It provides a better understanding of the job
creation performance of the economy. It identifies the major
problems that hold back the economy from creating good,
formal-sector jobs that will lift people out of poverty and
get them on the road to upward mobility. The Jobs Diagnostic
begins with a look at the jobs creation performance of the
economy. It then provides an examination of the labor
supply—the state of the present and future workers and
entrepreneurs. Finally, this diagnostic looks at job
performance of firms—the potential employers and job creators.
Citation
“Gonzalez, Alvaro S.; Michel Gutierrez, Veronica. 2017. Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone : Jobs Diagnostic. Job series,no.11;; Jobs Series;No. 11. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29028 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”