By Ishmael Sallieu Koroma
The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII) by West African governments, a report released by Oxfam West Africa, has rated Sierra Leone to be among the least committed countries to reduce inequalities and poverty in Africa.
The report which was the first ever on commitment to reducing inequality-regional and national -respectively compared and ranked West African governments’ commitment on three (3) pillars-public spending, taxation and labour markets.
In addition to the report, a regional analysis of agriculture and land rights was launched yesterday by Oxfam Sierra Leone in collaboration with Movement Against Inequality (MAISL) and the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR) at the IGR head office on Wilkinson Road in Freetown.
Reading the Press release to the press, Oxfam Sierra Leone Influencing Coordinator, Nuru Deen said Sierra Leone is the most unequal country across the African continent, with some of the most extreme divides between the rich and poor in the world, with inequality at a crisis level. Read more…
