World Bank2012-06-142012-06-142008-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8087The Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) of the mining sector in Sierra Leone was undertaken in response to the Government of Sierra Leone's (GOSL) request for assistance in developing its minerals policy. The SESA will help meet long-term country development by integrating environmental and social considerations in mining sector reforms. The crucial aspect of the SESA process is that the environmental and social priorities for mining reforms were identified by stakeholders in the four regions of the country. This report, the culmination of a sequence of workshops and analytic work, provides a summary of the findings of the SESA process and makes recommendations on the policy, institutional, and governance changes required addressing environmental and social priorities in reform of the Sierra Leone mining sector. The SESA pays particular attention to political economy issues such as the potential capture or watering down of reforms by groups having vested interests or the danger of selective implementation of new policies and regulations due to pressure from powerful interest groups. It helps to identify innovative solutions to some of the potential problems and the limitations of new mining policies in a situation where institutional and governance capacity are likely to be weak for some time.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH CAREADULT LITERACYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MININGARTISANAL MINERSARTISANAL MININGARTISANAL MINING LICENSESARTISANAL MINING OPERATIONSARTISANAL MINING SECTORARTISANAL PRODUCTIONBACTERIABASE METALSBAUXITEBIODIVERSITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD LABORCHILDREN PER WOMANCHLORINECITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL WARCLAYSCOMMUNAL LANDSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOPPERDEFORESTATIONDIAMOND MININGDIAMONDSDISEASESDOWNSTREAM EFFECTSDRAINAGEDRINKING WATEREARLY MARRIAGESECONOMIC EXPLOITATIONELECTRICITYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSEXPLOITATIONEXPLORATION AND MININGEXPLORATION LICENSESEXTENDED FAMILIESFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFIRESFISCAL POLICIESFISHINGFOOD SECURITYFORESTRYFURNITUREGEOLOGICAL SURVEYGEOLOGICAL SURVEYSGOLDGOLD PRODUCTIONGOLD WASHINGGOVERNMENT CAPACITYGRAVELGRAVELSGROUNDWATERHEALTH CAREHEALTH PROBLEMSHOSPITALHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RIGHTSILLITERACYILLITERACY RATEIMPACT ASSESSMENTSINCOMEINFANTINFANT DEATHINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERGENERATIONAL EQUITYINTERNATIONAL MININGINVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENTIRONIRON ORELABOR FORCELAND DEGRADATIONLAND DISTURBANCELAND RECLAMATIONLAND TENURELARGE MININGLARGE-SCALE MINESLARGE-SCALE MININGLEACHINGLEGAL STATUSLEGISLATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIGNITELOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL COMMUNITYLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL MINERSLOGGINGLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMECHANIZED MININGMETALSMICROORGANISMSMIGRATIONMINE EMPLOYMENTMINE WORKERSMINERAL DEPOSITSMINERAL POTENTIALMINERAL PROCESSINGMINERAL RESERVESMINERAL RESOURCEMINERAL RESOURCESMINERAL RIGHTSMINERAL SECTORMINERAL WEALTHMINERALSMINERALS EXPLORATIONMINERALS INDUSTRYMINERALS SECTORMINESMINING ACTIVITIESMINING ACTIVITYMINING AND MINERALSMINING AREAMINING AREASMINING COMMUNITIESMINING COMPANIESMINING COMPANYMINING CONCESSIONSMINING COUNTRIESMINING ENGINEERMINING ENGINEERSMINING INDUSTRYMINING LAWMINING LEASESMINING LICENSEMINING LICENSESMINING OPERATIONMINING OPERATIONSMINING POLICIESMINING POLICYMINING REGULATIONSMINING SECTORMINING SECTOR REFORMMINING SECTOR REFORMSMOLYBDENUMMOSQUITOESNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNICKELNUTRIENTSOVERGRAZINGPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEEPIPESPIT LATRINESPLATINUMPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLITICAL ECONOMYPONDSPOOR FAMILIESPOPULATION INCREASEPOST-CLOSUREPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIVATE MININGPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPROSPECTINGPROSTITUTIONPUBLIC SERVICESQUARRYINGRECLAMATION EFFORTSRECLAMATION PLANSRESERVOIRSRESOLVING PROBLEMSRESOURCE RECOVERYRESOURCES MANAGEMENTRESPECTRIVERSRURAL AREASSANITATIONSCALE MININGSEEPAGESILTINGSMALL-SCALESMALL-SCALE MINESSMALL-SCALE MININGSMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATIONSSOCIAL CONCERNSSOCIAL CONFLICTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL OPPORTUNITIESSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESOIL DEGRADATIONSOIL EROSIONSOILSSPOIL HEAPSSTREAMSSURROUNDING COMMUNITIESSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSWAMPSTAILINGSVICIOUS CYCLEVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGESWASTEWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER SUPPLIESWELLSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONZINCWorld Bank10.1596/8087